Arauco Department

Arauco
Location of Arauco* in La Rioja (Argentina)*
Data
Capital	Aimogasta
population	13,720 (2001, INDEC)
surface	1,992 km²
Population density	6.9 inhabitants / km²

The Arauco Department is located in the northeast of the La Rioja Province in northwest Argentina and is one of 18 administrative units in the province.

It is bordered to the north and east by the province of Catamarca , to the south by the departments Capital and Castro Barros and to the west by the department of San Blas de los Sauces .

The capital of the Arauco department is Aimogasta .

cities and communes

The Arauco Department is divided into the following municipalities:

Arauco. Data sheet on GobiernoLocal.gov.ar, Spanish
Arauco. Description of the department at the Consejo Federal de Inversiones (CFI), Spanish