Department Capital (La Rioja)

Capital
Location of Capital* in La Rioja (Argentina)*
Data
Capital	La Rioja
population	146,411 (2001, INDEC)
surface	13,638 km²
Population density	10.7 inhabitants / km²

The Departamento Capital is located in the east of the La Rioja Province in northwest Argentina and is one of 18 administrative units in the province.

It is bordered to the north by the departments of Castro Barros and Arauco , to the east by the province of Catamarca , to the south by the department of Chamical and to the west by the departments of General Ángel V. Peñaloza , Independencia , Chilecito and Sanagasta .

The capital of the Department Capital is La Rioja .

cities and communes

The Departamento Capital is divided into the following municipalities: