Valcheta
Sign in to saveValcheta is a village and municipality in Río Negro Province in Argentina, seat of government of Valcheta Department.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Valcheta
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality and village
- Settlement.image_map
- Departamento Valcheta (Río Negro - Argentina).png
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Argentina
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Río Negro Province
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Department
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.established_title
- Fortín de Roa
- Settlement.established_date
- 5 October 1833
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2001
- Settlement.population_total
- 3,555
- Settlement.timezone
- ART
- Settlement.utc_offset
- −3
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 165
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 3867
- Elevation
- 165
- Official website
- www.valchetapatagonia.com.ar
- Image
- Valcheta en cuarentena.jpg
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- postal code
- R8536
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Valcheta is a village and municipality in Río Negro Province in Argentina, seat of government of Valcheta Department.
== History == Valcheta is one of the oldest settlements in Río Negro Province. On 5 October 1833, an advance column of the left-flank Rosa's Desert Campaign, under Sergeant Major Leandro Ibáñez, fought a skirmish with a native tribe under Cayupán who was camped near the local creek.
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