General Belgrano is a central

department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...

of Chaco Province in

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. The provincial subdivision has a

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of about 10,500 inhabitants in an area of 1,218 km², and its capital city is Corzuela, which is located around 1,250 km from the

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. The department is named in honour of

General Manuel Belgrano General Manuel Belgrano is a settlement in northern Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making ...

(June 3, 1770 – June 20, 1820), an Argentine economist, Lawyer, Politician and military leader.

References

1917 establishments in Argentina Departments of Chaco Province {{ChacoAR-geo-stub