Chilecito Department
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| Capital | Chilecito |
| population | 42,248 (2001, INDEC) |
| surface | 4,846 km² |
| Population density | 8.7 inhabitants / km² |
The Chilecito Department is located in the center of the La Rioja Province in northwest Argentina and is one of 18 administrative units in the province.
It borders on the Famatina Department to the north, the Sanagasta and Capital Department to the east, the Independencia Department to the south and the Coronel Felipe Varela , General Lamadrid and Vinchina departments to the west .
The capital of the Chilecito department is the Chilecito of the same name .
cities and communes
The Chilecito Department is divided into the following municipalities:
- Chilecito
- Anguinan
- Catinzaco
- Colonia Catinzaco
- Guanchín
- La Mejicanita
- La Puntilla
- Los Sarmientos
- Malligasta
- Miranda
- Nonogasta
- San Miguel
- San Nicolás
- Sañogasta
- Santa Florentina
- Tilimuqui
- Vichigasta
Arauco | Capital | Castro Barros | Chamical | Chilecito | Coronel Felipe Varela | Famatina | General Ángel V. Peñaloza | General Belgrano | General Juan Facundo Quiroga | General Lamadrid | General Ocampo | General San Martín | Independencia | Rosario Vera Peñaloza | San Blas de los Sauces | Sanagasta | Vinchina
Coordinates: 29 ° 24 ′ S , 67 ° 30 ′ W