Pico Truncado
Pico Truncado is a town and municipality in Santa Cruz Province in southern Argentina. In 1921, the village's railway station was the site of one of the few open engagements between the Argentine Army and anarchist strikers at the time of the events known as Patagonia rebelde, where the army suffered its only fatality of the campaign.
Pico Truncado | |
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Municipality and town | |
Pico Truncado | |
| Coordinates: 46°47′42″S 67°57′18″W | |
| Country | Argentina |
| Province | Santa Cruz |
| Department | Deseado Department |
| Established | 11 July 1921 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Osvaldo Maimó (FdT) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 30.3 km2 (11.7 sq mi) |
| • Land | 8 km2 (3 sq mi) |
| Population (2010 census) | |
| • Total | 20,889 |
| • Density | 689/km2 (1,780/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Truncadense |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (ART) |
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