Gastre

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Gastre
Village
Entrance to Gastre
Entrance to Gastre
Gastre is located in Argentina
Gastre
Gastre
Location of Gastre in Argentina
Coordinates: 42°16′S 69°13′W / 42.267°S 69.217°W / -42.267; -69.217Coordinates: 42°16′S 69°13′W / 42.267°S 69.217°W / -42.267; -69.217
CountryArgentina
ProvinceChubut
DepartmentGastre
Elevation1,208 m (3,963 ft)
Population
 • Total557
Time zoneUTC-3 (ART)
CPA baseU9121
Dialing code+54 2965
ClimateBSk

Gastre (from Tehuelche Gástrrek, meaning "shrub") is a village in Chubut Province, Argentina. It is the head town of the Gastre Department. It was founded in 1904. The place was the center of a controversy in the early 1990s when Argentina's National Atomic Energy Commission proposed to build a deep borehole disposal in the area.[1]

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Municipal information: Municipal Affairs Federal Institute (IFAM), Municipal Affairs Secretariat, Ministry of Interior, Argentina. (in Spanish)