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La Capital Department, Santa Fe

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Country
  
Argentina

Time zone
  
ART (UTC-3)

Province
  
Santa Fe Province

Head town
  
Santa Fe

Area
  
3,055 km²

Capital
  
Santa Fe

La Capital Department, Santa Fe

Clubs and Teams
  
Club Atlético Colón, Unión de Santa Fe

Points of interest
  
Casino Santa Fe, Reserva Ecológica Santa FE, Ethnographic Museum Colonial, All Saints Cathedral - Santa Fe, Museo Provincial de Bellas

Colleges and Universities
  
National University of the Litt, National Technological University, Universidad Católica de Santa Fe

The La Capital Department (in Spanish, Departamento La Capital) is an administrative subdivision (departamento) of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It is located in the center-east of the province. It limits with the Paraná River in the east; and from there (going clockwise) with the departments of San Jerónimo (south), Las Colonias (west), San Justo (north) and Garay (northeast).

Map of La Capital Department, Santa F%C3%A9, Argentina

The department has about 490,000 inhabitants, making it the second most populated in the province after the Rosario Department. Its head town is Santa Fe, which is also the provincial capital (population 370,000). Other cities and towns are Arroyo Aguiar, Arroyo Leyes, Cabal, Campo Andino, Candioti, Emilia, Laguna Paiva, Llambi Campbell, Monte Vera, Nelson, Recreo, San José del Rincón, Santo Tomé, and Sauce Viejo.

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La Capital Department, Santa Fe Wikipedia