Capayán Department

Capayan
Location of Capayán in Catamarca (Argentina)
Data
Capital	Huillapima
population	14,137 (2001, INDEC)
surface	4,284 km²
Population density	3.3 inhabitants / km²

The Capayán Department is located in the south of the Catamarca Province in northwest Argentina and is one of the province's 16 administrative units.

It borders the departments of Ambato and Pomán to the north, the departments of Fray Mamerto Esquiú , Valle Viejo , Ancasti and La Paz to the east and the province of La Rioja to the west .

The capital of the department is Huillapima .

population

According to estimates by INDEC , the population of the Capayán Department rose from 14,137 (2001) to 15,128 in 2005.

cities and communes

The Capayán Department is divided into the following locations (Localidades):

• Adolfo E. Carranza
• Balde de la Punta
• Capayan
• Chumbicha
• Colonia del Valle
• Colonia Nueva Coneta
• Concepción
• Coneta
• El Bañado
• Huillapima
• Los Angeles
• Miraflores
• San Martín
• San Pablo
• San Pedro

There are also the following small settlements (Parajes):

Agua Blanca Chañarito El Descanso El Médano El Potrero El Quemado El Rosario La Carreta La Estrella La Libertad La Montoza	Las Breas Las Palmas Los Cano Los Divisaderos Los Raigones Nueva Coneta Pozo Lindo Pozo Tigre Puesto Carrizo Puesto Nuevo Puestos Capayan	Puestos de Concepción San Gabriel San Gerónimo Santa Ana Sisi Huasi Telaritos Trampasacha Vacas Muertas Villa Capayán

Web links

• Departamento Capayán ( Memento of March 16, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (Spanish); in the Internet Archive
• Departamento Capayán - Agriculture in the Catamarca-Guía ( Memento of November 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (Spanish)
• Gobierno de Catamarca - History ( Memento of September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (Spanish); in the Internet Archive

Coordinates: 28 ° 48 ′  S , 66 ° 0 ′  W