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Mountain Attractions In Province of Chubut

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Chubut is a province in southern Argentina, situated between the 42nd parallel south , the 46th parallel south , the Andes range to the west, and the Atlantic ocean to the east. The province's name derives from the Tehuelche word chupat, meaning transparent, their description of the Chubut River. The largest city is Comodoro Rivadavia in the south of the province; it has 180,000 inhabitants. The administrative capital is Rawson . Other important cities are Puerto Madryn, Trelew, Esquel and Sarmiento. Gaiman is a cultural and demographic centre of the region known as Y Wladfa in which Welsh-Argentines are concentrated. Of the 25,000 Welsh speakers in Ar...
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  • 2. Cerro Chenque Comodoro Rivadavia
    In the city of Comodoro Rivadavia in the south of Argentina, we can find an important and picturesque elevation which divides the town in two, the Chenque hill. The city business district area lies at the foot of the hill. Its summit reaches 212 m above sea level and the panoramic view from the top is amazing. According to researchers the name “Chenque” belongs to language of the “native Pehuenche” and some possible meanings are: • Native cemetery or burial. • Rock house or cave in hard rock • Funeral knoll formed with rocks. Legend says that any person who digs objects from the Chenque hill, cemetery of the old aborigines, will get 100-year punishment for them and their family. Apparently those who have taken out arrows, bones and pots died soon or remained damned. It is als...
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