Guasayán Department

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Guasayán Department, Santiago del Estero

Population	7,404
Area	2,588 km²
Density	2.86 inhab/km²
Head town	San Pedro de Guasayán

Guasayán Department is a departamento of the province of Santiago del Estero, Argentina.

The region of small mountains in the west of the province has 2,588 km² (less than 2% of the province) and 7,404 inhabitants (2001 census [INDEC]) (less than 1% of the province's population). Its capital is San Pedro de Guasayán, with 1,715 inhabitants, located 124 kilometres from Santiago del Estero, the provincial capital, on Provincial Route 64. Other villages include Lavalle, Guampaya and Villa Guasayán.

The highest peak in the department is Sinchi Caña with 630 meters, and no river crosses its surface. According to some historians, the term Guasayán could mean "path behind the sierra", or "view from the heights". There are some ruins from the Native American inhabitants, especially near Villa Guasayán. Diego de Rojas is said to have travelled through those lands around 1544.

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