- Source: Corpen Aike Department
Corpen Aike Department is a department in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. It has an area of 26,350 km2. The seat of the department is in Puerto Santa Cruz. It borders the departments of Río Chico and Magallanes to the north, Lago Argentino to the west, and Güer Aike to the south, and has coastlines on the Atlantic Ocean to the east. It is traversed from west to east by the Santa Cruz and Chico rivers.
Demographics
It has a population of 15,027 (INDEC, 2022), which represents a 35% increase from the 11,093 inhabitants (INDEC, 2010) recorded in the previous census.
Protected Natural Areas
In the Corpen Aike department is located Monte León National Park, covering approximately 62,000 hectares, which was established on October 20, 2004.
On that date, the law creating the new national park was sanctioned, making it at the time the first continental marine park in Argentina.
Municipalities
Comandante Luis Piedrabuena
Puerto Santa Cruz
Puerto de Punta Quilla
Río Chico
See also
Departments of Argentina
References
Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas y Censos, INDEC
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