The Constitución Department (in
Spanish
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, ''Departamento Constitución'') is an administrative subdivision (''
departamento
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'') of the
province
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of
Santa Fe,
Argentina
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. It is located on the south of the province. It has about 83,000 inhabitants as per the . Its head town is the city of
Villa Constitución
Villa Constitución is a city in the Provinces of Argentina, province of Santa Fe Province, Santa Fe, Argentina, and the head town of the Constitución Department, Santa Fe, Constitución Department. It is located on the south-western banks of the ...
(population 43,000).
Its neighbouring departments are
Rosario
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,
San Lorenzo
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Places Argentina
* San Lorenzo, Santa Fe
* San Lorenzo Department, Chaco
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and
Caseros Caseros might refer to:
* Caseros, Buenos Aires, Argentina
* Caseros (Entre Ríos), Argentina
* Caseros Department, a provincial political subdivision in Santa Fe Province, Argentina
* Caseros Prison, Argentina
* Battle of Caseros, Argentina
* Caser ...
in the north, and
General López in the west; to the south its natural border is the
Arroyo del Medio
The Arroyo del Medio (Spanish, lit. "Middle Creek" or "Middle Stream") is a small river of Argentina, located on (and serving as) the border between the provinces of Buenos Aires and Santa Fe. Its catchment basin comprises about . The Arroyo empt ...
, which also marks the interprovincial limit with
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South ...
; to the east it faces the
Paraná River
The Paraná River ( es, Río Paraná, links=no , pt, Rio Paraná, gn, Ysyry Parana) is a river in south-central South America, running through Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina for some ."Parana River". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Br ...
, across which is the province of
Entre Ríos.
The towns and cities in this department are (in alphabetical order): Alcorta, Bombal, Cañada Rica, Cepeda,
Empalme Villa Constitución
Empalme Villa Constitución (often shortened to Empalme) is a town (''comuna'') in the south of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It has 5,890 inhabitants as per the .
Overview
Empalme lies from the city of Villa Constitución and south of ...
, General Gelly, Godoy, Juan Bernabé Molina, Juncal, La Vanguardia, Máximo Paz, Pavón, Pavón Arriba, Peyrano, Rueda, Santa Teresa, Sargento Cabral, Theobald, Villa Constitución.
References
Government of the Province of Santa FeInforama- Municipalities of the Constitución Department.
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Departments of Santa Fe Province
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