Río Chico Department is a department in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. It has an area of 34,262 km2 and had a population of 6,314 at the 2022 Census.Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos de la Republica Argentine, Census of 16 May 2022. Cardiel Lake is located in this department. The seat of the department is in Gobernador Gregores.
Municipalities and communes Bajo Caracoles Gobernador Gregores Hipólito Yrigoyen Río Olnie
Demography According to the 2022 Census from INDEC the population of the department is 6,314.Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos de la Republica Argentine, Census of 16 May 2022.
Table with the demographic evolution of the Río Chico Department according to the national censuses and the variation between censuses in percentage:
19471960197019801991200120102022 Population 2,5881,9602,2562,0632,6542,9265,1586,314 Variation --24.26%+15.10%-8.55%+28.64%+10.25%+76.28%+22.41%
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas y Censos, INDEC
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