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Capital Department, Tucumán

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Area
  
90 km²

Province
  
Tucumán Province

Capital
  
San Miguel de Tucumán

Points of interest
  
Casa de Tucumán, El Rosedal, Ninth of July Park, Plaza Independencia, Our Lady of the Incarnatio

Colleges and Universities
  
National University of Tucum, Saint Thomas Aquinas, National Technological University, Universidad de San Pablo ‑ T

Capital Department is a department located in the center-north of the Tucumán Province, Argentina. At the 2001 census, its population was 527,607 and its population density was 5,862/km². The city of San Miguel de Tucumán covers almost all of the 90 km² of the department’s area. It is the smallest department in area, but the most populated as well.

Contents

Map of Capital Department, Tucum%C3%A1n, Argentina

Geography

The entire department lies on a plain presenting a gentle slope heading toward the Salí River located at the east end.

Adjacent departments

  • Tafí Viejo Department – north
  • Cruz Alta Department – east
  • Lules Department – south and southwest
  • Yerba Buena Department – west
  • References

    Capital Department, Tucumán Wikipedia