Rio Gallegos is the capital and largest settlement of Santa Cruz Province in Patagonian Argentina, located in the department of Guer Aike, with a population of 115,524 according to the 2022 census. The city takes its name from the Gallegos River and sits on its estuary, 2,636 kilometers south of Buenos Aires. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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1. Rio Gallegos, Santa Cruz (Wikipedia)
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Río Gallegos ([ˈri.o ɣaˈʝeɣos]) is the capital and largest settlement of the Patagonian province of Santa Cruz in Argentina.
2. Wikipedia: Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz
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Established on 19 December 1885 to increase Argentine power over southern Patagonia, Río Gallegos became the capital of the then Territory of Santa Cruz in 1888, retaining its status when the territory became a province in 1957.
Rio Gallegos (Wikipedia)
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