San Cristóbal Department

San Cristóbal Department
Department

Location of San Cristóbal Department within Santa Fe Province
Coordinates: 30°19′S 61°14′W / 30.317°S 61.233°W / -30.317; -61.233Coordinates: 30°19′S 61°14′W / 30.317°S 61.233°W / -30.317; -61.233
Country  Argentina
Province Santa Fe
Head town San Cristóbal
Area
  Total 14,850 km2 (5,730 sq mi)
Population
  Total 64,935
  Density 4.4/km2 (11/sq mi)
Time zone ART (UTC-3)

The San Cristóbal Department (in Spanish, Departamento San Cristóbal) is an administrative subdivision (departamento) of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It is located in the center-northwest of the province, limiting with the departments of Nueve de Julio and Vera in the north, San Justo in the east, and Las Colonias and Castellanos in the south; to the west it shares a short border with the province of Córdoba and a longer one with Santiago del Estero.

The department is the third largest in the province and has about 65,000 inhabitants. The head town is San Cristóbal (population 14,000). The municipalities and communes in the department total 32: Aguará Grande, Ambrosetti, Arrufó, Capivara, Ceres, Colonia Ana, Colonia Bossi, Colonia Dos Rosas y La Legua, Colonia Rosa, Constanza, Curupaity, Hersilia, Huanqueros, La Cabral, Colonia Clara, La Lucila, La Rubia, Las Avispas, Las Palmeras, Moisés Ville, Monigotes, Monte Oscuridad, Ñanducita, Palacios, Portugalete, San Cristóbal, San Guillermo, Santurce, Soledad, Suardi, Villa Saralegui, Villa Trinidad.

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