{{Infobox settlement <!--See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields that may be available--> <!--See the table at Infobox settlement for all fields and descriptions of usage--> <!-- Basic info ----------------> |name = Cushamen |official_name = Departamento Cushamen |other_name = |native_name = <!-- if different from the English name --> |native_name_lang = <!-- Use ISO639 code, e.g. "fr" for French. If there is more than one native name, in differenet languages, enter those names using {{tl|lang}}, instead --> |nickname = |settlement_type = <!-- e.g. Town, Village, City, etc.--> |total_type = <!-- to set a non-standard label for total area and population rows --> |motto = <!-- images and maps -----------> |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_shield = |shield_size = |image_blank_emblem = |blank_emblem_type = |blank_emblem_size = |image_map = Cushamen department.gif |mapsize = 125px |map_caption = location of Cushamen Department in Chubut Province |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = |image_dot_map = |dot_mapsize = |dot_map_caption = |dot_x = |dot_y = |pushpin_map = <!-- the name of a location map as per http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Location_map --> |pushpin_label_position = <!-- the position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none --> |pushpin_map_caption = |pushpin_mapsize = <!-- Location ------------------> |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = Argentina {{flagicon|Argentina}} |subdivision_type1 = Province |subdivision_name1 = Chubut 30px|Coat of Arms of Catamarca Province |subdivision_type2 = |subdivision_name2 = <!-- Smaller parts (e.g. boroughs of a city) and seat of government --> |seat_type = Capital |seat = Cushamen |parts_type = |parts_style = <!-- =list (for list), coll (for collapsed list), para (for paragraph format) Default is list if up to 5 items, coll if more than 5--> |parts = <!-- parts text, or header for parts list --> |p1 = |p2 = <!-- etc. up to p50: for separate parts to be listed--> <!-- Politics -----------------> |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 = |leader_name1 = |established_title = |established_date = |founder = <!-- Area ---------------------> |area_magnitude = |unit_pref = <!--Enter: Imperial, to display imperial before metric--> |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = 16250 <!-- ALL fields with measurements are subject to automatic unit conversion--> |area_land_km2 = <!--See table @ Template:Infobox Settlement for details on unit conversion--> |area_water_km2 = |area_water_percent = <!-- Elevation --------------------------> |elevation_footnotes = <!--for references: use <ref> tags--> |elevation_m = |elevation_ft = |elevation_max_m = |elevation_min_m = <!-- Population -----------------------> |population_as_of = 2001 |population_footnotes = {{census-ar|2001}} |population_blank1_title = Change 1991-2001 |population_blank1 = +23.4% |population_total = 17134 |population_est = |pop_est_as_of = |population_density_km2 = auto <!--For automatic calculation, any density field may contain: auto --> |population_density_sq_mi = <!-- General information ---------------> |timezone = |utc_offset = |timezone_DST = |utc_offset_DST = |coor_pinpoint =<!-- can be used to specify exactly where/what the coordinates refer to --> |coordinates = {{coord|42|54|S|71|19|W|type:adm2nd_region:AR-U|display=inline,title}} <!-- Area/postal codes & others --------> |postal_code_type = Post code |postal_code = U8211 |area_code = 02945 |website = http://www.esquel.gov.ar |footnotes = |blank_name = Resident |blank_info = cushamenense }}
'''Cushamen''' is a department located in the north west of Chubut Province in Argentina.
The provincial subdivision has a population of about 17,000 inhabitants in an area of 16,250 km<sup>2</sup>, and its capital city is Cushamen. The name means ''loneliness'' in the Tehuelche language.
==Settlements== * Buenos Aires Chico * Cholila * '''Cushamen''' * Hoyo de Epuyén * El Maitén * Epuyén * Gualjaina * Lago Epuyén * Lago Puelo * Las Golondrinas, Argentina * Leleque * Lago Rivadavia * Fitamiche * El Portezuelo * El Molle * Río Chico * El Mallín
==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070311103338/http://www.inpatagonia.com/cgi-bin/frames.cgi?main=%2Fregions%2Fchubut%2Fcushamen%2Ftourism.htm&header=%2Fregions%2F_frames%2Fheader.htm&control=%2Fregions%2F_frames%2Fcontrol.htm&logo=%2Fregions%2F_frames%2Flogo.htm Information about Cushamen] (English)
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Category:Departments of Chubut Province Category:Mapuche language
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