The Constitución Department (in
Spanish, ''Departamento Constitución'') is an administrative subdivision (''
departamento'') 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 (population 43,000).
Its neighbouring departments are
Rosario
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,
San Lorenzo and
Caseros in the north, and
General López in the west; to the south its natural border is the
Arroyo del Medio
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, which also marks the interprovincial limit with
Buenos Aires
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; to the east it faces the
Paraná River
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, 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
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,
Máximo Paz,
Pavón,
Pavón Arriba,
Peyrano,
Rueda,
Santa Teresa,
Sargento Cabral,
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, 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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