Official Name: | Villa Dique Florentino Ameghino |
Settlement Type: | Rural commune |
Pushpin Map: | Argentina |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Argentina |
Subdivision Name1: | Chubut |
Subdivision Type2: | Department |
Subdivision Name2: | Gaiman |
Leader Title: | Jefe Comunal (Commune Chief) |
Leader Name: | Antonio Méndez[1] |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2001 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 224 |
Timezone: | ART |
Utc Offset: | -3 |
Coordinates: | -43.7°N -66.47°W |
Blank Name Sec1: | Climate |
Blank Info Sec1: | BWk |
Website: | www.florentino-ameghino.gov.ar |
Villa Dique Florentino Ameghino is a rural commune in Chubut Province in southern Argentina.[3] It is located next to the Florentino Ameghino Dam on the Chubut River, 140km (90miles) to the west of the city of Trelew. The town had 224 residents as of the 2001 census, an 18.5% increase from the previous (1991) census, when it had 189 residents.