Time zone ART (UTC-3) | Area 3,055 km² | |
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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.