Cainguás Department
| Cainguás | |
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| Capital | Campo Grande |
| population | 47,271 (2001, INDEC) |
| surface | 1,558 km² |
| Population density | 29.40 inhabitants / km² |
The Cainguás Department is located in the center of the Misiones Province in northeast Argentina and is one of 17 administrative units in the province.
It borders on the Libertador General San Martín and Montecarlo departments to the north, the Guaraní department to the east, the Veinticinco de Mayo department to the south and the Oberá and San Ignacio departments to the west .
The capital of the Cainguás department is Campo Grande .
population
According to INDEC estimates, the population increased from 47,271 inhabitants (2001) to 51,962 inhabitants in 2005.
cities and communes
The Cainguás Department is divided into the following municipalities:
25 de Mayo | Apóstoles | Cainguás | Candelaria | Capital | Concepción | Eldorado | General Manuel Belgrano | Guaraní | Iguazú | Leandro N. Alem | Libertador General San Martín | Montecarlo | Oberá | San Ignacio | San Javier | San Pedro
Coordinates: 27 ° 6 ′ S , 54 ° 48 ′ W