Sarmiento, Chubut

Sarmiento
Town
Sarmiento artisan center
Sarmiento Location of Sarmiento in Argentina
Coordinates: 45°36′S 69°5′W
Country	Argentina
Province	Chubut
Department	Sarmiento
Government
• Intendant	Sebastián Ángel Balochi
Population  (2022)
• Total	14,289
Time zone	UTC−3 (ART)
CPA base	U9020
Dialing code	+54 297

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Sarmiento is a town in the province of Chubut, Argentina. It has about 14,289 inhabitants as per the 2022 census [INDEC], and is the head town of the department of the same name. It is located on the so-called Central Corridor of Patagonia, in a fertile valley amidst an otherwise arid region, 140 km west from Comodoro Rivadavia, in the south of Chubut. It sits between two lakes, Lake Musters and Lake Colhue Huapi. Notable attractions are the Petrified Forest and caves with Aborigine hand paintings.