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Pico Truncado

South America

Pico Truncado is a town and municipality in Santa Cruz Province, in southern Argentina, within Deseado Department, established on 11 July 1921 and recording a population of 25,194 at the 2022 census. Its railway station was the site of the only fatality the Argentine Army suffered during the 1921 Patagonia rebelde uprising.

Facts
Population
25,171 1
Area (sq km)
11 1
Founding Year
1921 2
Population Estimate Year
2022 1
Elevation (m)
284 1
Latitude
46.8 degrees south 1
Longitude
67.966667 degrees west 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 3
Climate Zone
Dry 4
Time Zone
UTC-03:00 3
Sources
1. Pico Truncado (Wikidata)
  • P1082 (population)
    population 25,171 (2022)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude -46.8, longitude -67.966667
  • P2044 (elevation above sea level)
    elevation 284 m
  • P2046 (area)
    area 11.0 sq km
  • P1082 (population), P585 (point in time)
    population 25171 (2022)
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2. Pico Truncado (Wikipedia)
  • Wikipedia infobox 'Established' = '11 July 1921' on 'Pico Truncado'
  • In Group: Cities of South America (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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3. GeoNames: Pico Truncado - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 3841309
    -46.79942 -67.95785 P PPL AR 20 78014 25194 285 America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 285 m
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4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -46.75, -67.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -46.75, -67.75
-46.75 -67.75 BSk
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