Candelaria Department
| Candelaria | |
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| Capital | Santa Ana |
| population | 22,290 (2001, INDEC) |
| surface | 913 km² |
| Population density | 25.47 inhabitants / km² |
The Candelaria Department is located in the northwest of the Misiones Province in northeast Argentina and is one of 17 administrative units in the province.
It borders Paraguay to the north, the San Ignacio department to the northeast, the Oberá department to the east, the Leandro N. Alem department to the south and the Capital department to the west .
The capital of the Candelaria department is Santa Ana .
population
According to estimates by INDEC , the population of the department rose from 22,290 inhabitants (2001) to 23,521 inhabitants in 2005.
cities and communes
The Candelaria 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 ° 24 ′ S , 55 ° 36 ′ W