The Gualeguaychú Department (in
Spanish
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, ''Departamento Gualeguaychú'') is an administrative subdivision (''
departamento A ' () is a country subdivision in several Latin American
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'') of the
province
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of
Entre Ríos,
Argentina
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. It is located in the south-east of the province, beside the
Uruguay River
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.
The department has 126,147 inhabitants as per the , which are distributed in 23 districts. The head town is
Gualeguaychú (population 76,000). Other cities and towns are
Aldea San Antonio,
Larroque,
Urdinarrain,
Gilbert,
Enrique Carbó,
Pueblo General Belgrano,
Irazusta, Costa Uruguay Norte,
Aldea San Juan,
Faustino M. Parera,
General Almada, Las Mercedes, Cuchilla Redonda, Costa San Antonio,
Rincón del Gato, Distrito Talitas, Alarcón,
Estación Escriña, Costa Uruguay Sur,
Pastor Britos, Perdices, and
Rincón del Cinto.
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Departments of Entre Ríos Province