Río Turbio

Río Turbio is a town and municipality in the of the in southern . It was founded in 1942 as a consequence of the coal mining in the area.
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  • Type: Town with 11,700 residents
  • Description: town in Güer Aike, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina.
  • Also known as: “Jasimientos Rio Turbijo”, “Rio Turbio”, “Río Turbio, Santa Cruz Province”, “Yacimientos Rio Turbio”, “Yacimientos Río Turbio”, and “Ясім’єнтос-Ріо-Турбіо”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Julia Dufour and 28 de Noviembre.

Village
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is a village and municipality in Santa Cruz Province in southern . is situated 7 km east of Río Turbio.

Village
Photo: Rodarte, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, written out as Veintiocho… is situated 10 km southeast of Río Turbio.

Río Turbio

Latitude
-51.53694° or 51° 32′ 13″ south
Longitude
-72.33604° or 72° 20′ 10″ west
Population
11,700
Elevation
324 metres (1,063 feet)
IATA airport code
RYO
UN/LOCODE
AR RYO
Open location code
37W9FM77+6H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 198436886
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
8521759
Wiki­data ID
Q2608901
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Urdu—“Río Turbio” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Río Turbio”
  • Basque: “Río Turbio (hiria)”
  • Basque: “Río Turbio”
  • Cebuano: “Río Turbio”
  • Chinese: “特爾比奧河鎮”
  • Czech: “Río Turbio”
  • Dutch: “Río Turbio”
  • French: “Río Turbio”
  • German: “Río Turbio”
  • Greek: “Ρίο Τούρβιο”
  • Italian: “Río Turbio”
  • Japanese: “リオ・トゥルビオ”
  • Lithuanian: “Rio Turbijas”
  • Persian: “ریو توربیو”
  • Polish: “Río Turbio”
  • Portuguese: “Río Turbio”
  • Russian: “Рио-Турбио”
  • Scots: “Río Turbio”
  • Slovak: “Río Turbio”
  • Spanish: “Río Turbio”
  • Swedish: “Río Turbio”
  • Ukrainian: “Ріо-Турбіо”
  • Urdu: “ریو تربیو، صوبہ سانتا کروز”
  • “Río Turbio”

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