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Santa Cruz Province

province of Argentina
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Summary

Santa Cruz Province is a province of Argentina[1]. It draws 2,491 Wikipedia views per month (province of argentina category, ranking #7 of 23).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Argentina[3]
  • Country: Argentina[4]
  • Head of government: Claudio Orlando Vidal[5]
  • Capital: Río Gallegos[6]
  • Shares border with: Chubut Province[7], Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica and South Atlantic Islands Province[8], Aysén Region[9], Magellan and the Chilean Antarctic Region[10]
  • Contains the administrative territorial entity: Corpen Aike Department[11], Deseado Department[12], Güer Aike Department[13], Lago Argentino Department[14], Lago Buenos Aires Department[15], Magallanes Department[16], Río Chico Department[17]
  • Flag: flag of Santa Cruz Province[18]
  • Legislative body: Santa Cruz Chamber of Deputies[19]
  • Commons category: Santa Cruz Province[20]
  • Located in time zone: UTC−03:00[21], America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos[22]
  • Inception: 1955[23]
  • Highest point: Monte San Lorenzo[24]
  • Official website: https://www.santacruz.gob.ar/[25]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Santa Cruz Province, Argentina[26]
  • Population: 1058[27], 9948[28], 42,880[29], 52,908[30], 86,690[31], 114,941[32], 159,839[33], 196,568[34], 273,964[35], 337,226[36]
  • Office held by head of government: Governor of Santa Cruz province[37]
  • Official name: Provincia de Santa Cruz[38]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Santa Cruz Province[39]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Santa Cruz Province[40]
  • Demonym: santacruceño[41], santacruceña[42]
  • Native label: Provincia de Santa Cruz[43]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Santa Cruz Province, Argentina[44]
  • Different from: Santa Cruz Department[45]
  • Area: 243,943 km²[46]

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Cultural Significance

Things named for Santa Cruz Province include ARA Santa Cruz[47], an attack submarine[48].

Why It Matters

Santa Cruz Province has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[49] It is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.[50]

Entities named for it include ARA Santa Cruz[47], an attack submarine[48].

Related Entities

Argentina Cristina Fernández de Kirchner Lake General Carrera/Buenos Aires Mount Fitz Roy

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . data.iana.org. data.iana.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . 1895 census of Argentina. wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . 1914 census of Argentina. wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . 1947 census of Argentina. wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . 1960 census of Argentina. wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . 1970 census of Argentina. wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . 1980 census of Argentina. wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . Argentina census. wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . 2001 Argentina census. wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . 2010 Argentina census. web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . 2022 Argentina census. Retrieved . censo.gob.ar. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . hcdelcalafate.gov.ar. hcdelcalafate.gov.ar. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . argentina.gob.ar. Retrieved . argentina.gob.ar. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [47] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [48] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [49] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [50] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Office held by head of government → Governor of Santa Cruz province
    Different from → Santa Cruz Department
    Official website → https://www.santacruz.gob.ar/
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