Gancedo
Gancedo is a village and municipality in Chaco Province in northern Argentina. In September 2016, a huge meteorite – the second largest ever found – was exhumed near the town. It weighed 30 tonnes and fell to Earth around 2000 BC.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Gancedo
- Type: Village with 4,280 residents
- Description: human settlement in Argentina
- Categories: municipality and locality
- Location: Doce de Octubre Department, Chaco, Argentina, South America
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Latitude
-27.49077° or 27° 29′ 27″ southLongitude
-61.67648° or 61° 40′ 35″ westPopulation
4,280Elevation
102 metres (335 feet)Open location code
574WG85F+MCOpenStreetMap ID
node 198450927OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
3855237Wikidata ID
Q1578967
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