Río Chico Department, Santa Cruz

Río Chico
Department
Location of Río Chico Department in Santa Cruz Province.
Country	Argentina
Province	Santa Cruz
Seat	Gobernador Gregores
Area
• Total	34,262 km^2 (13,229 sq mi)
Population
• Total	2,926

Río Chico Department is a department in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. It has a population of 2,926 (2001) and an area of 34,262 km². The seat of the department is in Gobernador Gregores.

Municipalities and communes

• Bajo Caracoles
• Gobernador Gregores
• Hipólito Yrigoyen

Demography

According to a June 2008 estimate from INDEC the population of the department is 3,107.^[1]

Table with the demographic evolution of the Río Chico Department according to the national censuses and the variation between censuses in percentage:

	1947	1960	1970	1980	1991	2001
Population	2,588	1,960	2,256	2,063	2,654	2,926
Variation	-	-24.26%	+15.10%	-8.55%	+28.64%	+10.24%

Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas y Censos, INDEC

References

1. Estimaciones de población de la provincia de Santa Cruz 2001-2010 pag. 21- INDEC -. (Spanish)

Notes

This article includes content from the Spanish Wikipedia article Departamento Río Chico (Santa Cruz).