Official Name: | Gan Gan |
Settlement Type: | Municipality and village |
Pushpin Map: | Argentina |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Gan Gan in Argentina |
Coordinates: | -42.5°N -84°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Argentina |
Subdivision Name1: | Chubut Province |
Subdivision Type2: | Department |
Subdivision Name2: | Telsen Department |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Population Total: | 661 |
Timezone: | ART |
Utc Offset: | -3 |
Elevation M: | 634 |
Blank Name: | Climate |
Blank Info: | BSk |
Gan Gan is a village and municipality in Chubut Province in southern Argentina.[1]
This town is located in the middle of northern Patagonia, right in the steppe. Consequently, the climate is cold semi-arid (BSk, according to the Köppen climate classification) and it can be quite extreme: temperatures can range from well above 35 °C (95 °F) on the hottest summer days (but with cold, desert nights at around 10 °C or 50 °F) to lows that might reach −35 °C (−31 °F).Usually, summer days average 24 °C (75 °F) and nights 10 °C (50 °F), whereas winter days average 4 °C (40 °F) and nights, −3 °C (27 °F). Snow is relatively common and the weather is generally windy.