Tolhuin | |
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  Tolhuin Location of Tolhuin in Argentina | |
| Coordinates: 54°30.37′S 67°11.43′W / 54.50617°S 67.19050°W | |
| Country |  Argentina |
| Province |  Tierra del Fuego |
| Department | Tolhuin |
| Area | |
• Total | 54 km2 (21 sq mi) |
| Population (2022) | |
• Total | 9,879 |
| • Density | 183/km2 (470/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-3 (ART) |
| CPA base | V9412 |
| Dialing code | +54 2901 |
| Climate | ET |
Tolhuin is a town in the province of Tierra del Fuego, Argentina. It has 9,879 inhabitants as per the 2022 census.[1] It is located on the eastern shore of Lake Fagnano, in the southern part of the Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego. It is the third largest settlement on the Argentine side of Tierra del Fuego after Ushuaia and Río Grande.
Tolhuin was founded on October 9, 1972. The word means "like a heart" in Selk'nam language.[2] It lies on National Route 3, and is the only town between the cities of Ushuaia (about 103 kilometres to the south) and Río Grande (about 133 kilometres to the north) on this motorway.
- ^ "Censo Nacional de Población, Hogares y Viviendas 2022. Resultados provisionales" (PDF). Censo 2022. República Argentina (in Spanish). Buenos Aires: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (INDEC). January 2023. p. 32. ISBN 978-950-896-633-9. Retrieved 2023-10-17.
- ^ "Historia de Tolhuin – Tierra del Fuego" [Tolhuin's history – Tierra del Fuego]. visitingargentina.com (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 30 July 2007. Retrieved 4 April 2022.