The Nueve de Julio Department (in

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Cana ...

, ''Departamento Nueve de Julio'') is an administrative subdivision (''

departamento A ' () is a country subdivision in several Latin American Latin Americans ( es, Latinoamericanos; pt, Latino-americanos; ) are the citizens of Latin American countries (or people with cultural, ancestral or national origins in Latin America) ...

'') of the

province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''Roman province, provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire ...

of Santa Fe,

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 it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...

. It is located in the northwestern corner of the province, limiting with the

Vera Department The Vera Department (in Spanish language, Spanish, ''Departamento Vera'') is an administrative subdivision (''Departments of Argentina, departamento'') of the provinces of Argentina, province of Santa Fe Province, Santa Fe, Argentina. It is located ...

in the east, and with the

San Cristóbal Department The San Cristóbal Department (in Spanish, ''Departamento San Cristóbal'') is an administrative subdivision (''departamento'') of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It is located in the center-northwest of the province, limiting with the depart ...

in the south. To the north it limits with the province of Chaco, and to the west with the province of

Santiago del Estero Santiago del Estero (, Spanish for ''Saint-James-Upon-The-Lagoon'') is the capital of Santiago del Estero Province in northern Argentina. It has a population of 252,192 inhabitants, () making it the twelfth largest city in the country, with a surf ...

. The department is the second largest in the province, but it has only about 28,000 inhabitants. The head town is Tostado (population 14,000). Other cities and towns are Esteban Rams, Gato Colorado, Gregoria Pérez de Denis,

Juan de Garay Juan de Garay (1528–1583) was a Spanish conquistador. Garay's birthplace is disputed. Some say it was in the city of Junta de Villalba de Losa in Castile, while others argue he was born in the area of Orduña (Basque Country). There's ...

Logroño Logroño () is the capital of the province of La Rioja, situated in northern Spain. Traversed in its northern part by the Ebro River, Logroño has historically been a place of passage, such as the Camino de Santiago. Its borders were disputed b ...

Montefiore Montefiore, Montifiore, and Montefiori is a surname associated with the Montefiore family, Sephardi Jews who were diplomats and bankers all over Europe and who originated from the Iberian Peninsula, namely Spain and Portugal, and also France, Morocc ...

, Pozo Borrado, San Bernardo, Santa Margarita, and Villa Minetti. The name of this department corresponds to the date of the

Argentine Declaration of Independence What today is commonly referred as the Independence of Argentina was declared on July 9, 1816, by the Congress of Tucumán. In reality, the congressmen who were assembled in Tucumán declared the independence of the United Provinces of Sou ...

(9 July 1816) and is often spelled with the actual figure 9 (''Departamento 9 de Julio'').

References

Inforama
- Municipalities of the Nueve de Julio Department. *

External links

* {{Departments Santa Fe Departments of Santa Fe Province