The San Justo Department (in
Spanish
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, ''Departamento San Justo'') 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
Santa Fe,
Argentina
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. It is located in the center-north of the province. Starting from the north and going clockwise, it limits with the departments of
Vera
Vera may refer to:
Names
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**Vera (), archbishop of the archdiocese of Tarr ...
,
San Javier,
Garay,
La Capital
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,
Las Colonias, and
San Cristóbal. San Justo is thus one of only three provincial departments that do not share a border with another province.
The department has about 40,000 inhabitants, which are distributed in 18 districts. The head town is
San Justo (population 22,000). The others are
Angeloni,
Cayastacito,
Colonia Dolores,
Colonia Esther,
Gobernador Crespo,
La Camila,
La Criolla,
La Penca y Caraguatá,
Marcelino Escalada,
Naré,
Pedro Gómez Cello,
Ramayón,
San Bernardo,
San Martín Norte,
Silva
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,
Vera y Pintado, and
Videla.
References
Inforama— Municipalities of the San Justo Department.
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External links
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{{Departments Santa Fe
Departments of Santa Fe Province