Gastre

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] It was intended for radioactive waste to stay in the area for "1,000 years" until the radiation reached a non-lethal level.[2]

Gastre
Entrance to Gastre
Gastre
Location of Gastre in Argentina
Coordinates: 42°16′S 69°13′W
CountryArgentina
ProvinceChubut
DepartmentGastre
Elevation
1,208 m (3,963 ft)
Population
  Total557
Time zoneUTC-3 (ART)
CPA base
U9121
Dialing code+54 2965
ClimateBSk

Notes

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


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