Nueve de Julio Department, Santa Fe

The Nueve de Julio Department (in Spanish, Departamento Nueve de Julio) is an administrative subdivision (departamento) of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It is located in the northwestern corner of the province, limiting with the Vera Department in the east, and with the San Cristóbal Department in the south. To the north it limits with the province of Chaco, and to the west with the province of Santiago del Estero.

Nueve de Julio Department
Location of Nueve de Julio Department within Santa Fe Province
Coordinates: 29°14′S 61°46′W
Country Argentina
ProvinceSanta Fe
Head townTostado
Area
  Total16,870 km2 (6,510 sq mi)
Population
  Total28,273
  Density1.7/km2 (4.3/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-3 (ART)

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, Logroño, Montefiore, Pozo Borrado, San Bernardo, Santa Margarita, and Villa Minetti.

The name of this department corresponds to the date of the Argentine Declaration of Independence (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.
  • "Nueve de Julio Department, Santa Fe" (in Spanish). Municipal Affairs Federal Institute (IFAM), Municipal Affairs Secretariat, Ministry of Interior, Argentina.
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