Lago Argentino Department

Lago Argentino Department is one of the seven departments in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. It has an area of 37,292 km² and had a population of 25,586 at the 2022 Census.^[1] The seat of the department is in El Calafate.

Lago Argentino
Department
Location of Lago Argentino Department in Santa Cruz Province.
Country	Argentina
Province	Santa Cruz
Seat	El Calafate
Area
• Total	37,292 km2 (14,399 sq mi)
Population
• Total	25,586

Lago Argentino is a major lake in the department, in the foothills of the Andes.

Municipalities

• El Calafate
• El Chaltén
• Tres Lagos