Anta Department

Anta
Location of Anta in Salta (Argentina)
Data
Capital	Joaquín Víctor González
population	49,841 (2001, INDEC)
surface	21,945 km²
Population density	2.3 inhabitants / km²

The Anta Department is one of 23 administrative units in the Salta Province in northwestern Argentina . It is located in the north of the province of Salta and is bordered to the north by the departments of Orán and Rivadavia , to the east by the province of Chaco , to the south by the province of Santiago del Estero and the department of Metán and to the west by the department General Güemes and the province of Jujuy . The capital of the department is Joaquín Víctor González .

The El Rey National Park is located on the territory of the department .

cities and communes

The Anta department is divided into the following municipalities:

• Joaquín Víctor González (first category)
• Apolinario Saravia (second category)
• El Quebrachal (second category)
• Las Lajitas (second category)
• General Pizarro ( Comisión municipal )

Other settlements in the department are:

• Algarrobal
• Anita
• Anta
• Chormarín
• Chorroarín
• Coronel Mollinedo
• Ebro
• El Ceibalito
• El Piquete
• El Rey
• Gaona
• General Pizarro
• Los Nogales
• Luis Burella
• Lumbrera
• Macapillo
• Nuestra Señora de Talavera
• Palermo
• Piquete Cabado
• Río del Valle
• Rosario del Dorado
• Tolloche

Web links

• Political division of the Province of Salta (Spanish)
• Anta Department (Spanish)

Coordinates: 25 ° 0 ′  S , 64 ° 6 ′  W