The Colón Department (in
Spanish
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**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
**Spanish cuisine
Other places
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, ''Departamento Colón'') is an administrative subdivision (''
departamento'') of the
province
A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions outsi ...
of
Entre Ríos,
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, t ...
. It is located in the center-east of the province, beside the
Uruguay River
The Uruguay River ( es, Río Uruguay, ; pt, Rio Uruguai, ) is a major river in South America. It flows from north to south and forms parts of the boundaries of Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay, separating some of the Argentine provinces of La M ...
.
The department has 52,718 inhabitants as per the . The head town is
Colón (population 21,000). Other cities and towns are
San José
San José or San Jose (Spanish for Saint Joseph) most often refers to:
*San Jose, California, United States
*San José, Costa Rica, the nation's capital
San José or San Jose may also refer to:
Places Argentina
* San José, Buenos Aires
** San ...
,
Ubajay,
Villa Elisa,
Pueblo Liebig,
La Clarita,
Arroyo Barú,
, Hocker and Hambis.
References
*
Complete Tourism Guide of Colón(Spanish)
External links
*
Departments of Entre Ríos Province
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