Department Capital (Santiago del Estero)

Capital
Location of Capital* in Santiago del Estero (Argentina)*
Data
Capital	Santiago del Estero
population	244,567 (2001, INDEC)
surface	2,116 km²
Population density	115.6 inhabitants / km²

The Departamento Capital is located in the western center of the province of Santiago del Estero in northwest Argentina and is one of the province's 27 administrative units .

It borders in the north with the department Río Hondo , in the northeast with the department Banda , in the east with the department Robles , in the south with the departments Silípica and Choya and in the west with the department Guasayán .

The capital of the Capital Department is Santiago del Estero .

cities and communes

The Departamento Capital is divided into the following municipalities: