Valcheta
Sign in to saveValcheta is a village and municipality in Río Negro Province in Argentina, seat of government of Valcheta Department.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Valcheta is referenced by 17 other articles, and connects out to Argentina, time zone and geographic coordinate system.
The entry is geolocated on the map in city, across 3 mapped points.
It is catalogued under the topic Populated places in Río Negro Province.
Its subject is documented across 11 Wikipedia language editions.
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
- Instance of
- municipality
- Country
- Argentina
- Located in
- Valcheta Department
- Population
- 3867
- Elevation
- 165
- Time zone
- UTC−03:00
- Capital of
- Valcheta Department
- Official website
- www.valchetapatagonia.com.ar
- Image
- Valcheta en cuarentena.jpg
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- postal code
- R8536
- Commons category
- Valcheta
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- History
- Name
- Geography
- Climate
- Population
- References
- External links
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Valcheta” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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