Department of Colón (Entre Ríos)

Colón
Location of Colón in Entre Ríos (Argentina)
Data
Capital	Colón
population	52,718 (2001, INDEC)
surface	2,893 km²
Population density	18.2 inhabitants / km²

The department of Colón is located in the east of the Entre Ríos province in central Argentina and is one of 17 administrative units in the province.

It is bordered by the Concordia Department in the north, Uruguay in the east, the Uruguay Department in the south and the San Salvador and Villaguay Department in the west .

The capital of the department of Colón is the Colón of the same name .

population

According to INDEC estimates , the population increased from 52,718 inhabitants (2001) to 62,741 inhabitants in 2005.

cities and communes

category	local community	population	mayor	Political party
First category	Colón	21,100	Hugo José María Marsó	PJ
	San Jose	14,965	Eduardo Abel Jourdan	PJ
	Villa Elisa	9,334	Marcelo Alejandro Monfort	UCR
Second category	Ubajay	2,334	Aníbal Ramón Williman	PJ

Other places in the department are:

• Arroyo Baru
• Colonia stool
• Colonia San Anselmo y Aledañas
• Hambis
• La Clarita
• Pueblo Cazes
• Pueblo Liebig

Web links

• Department of Colón - Tourist Information (Spanish)
• Tourism portal of the city of Colón (Entre Ríos)
• Zona Colón - History (Spanish)
• Wines from Colón

Coordinates: 32 ° 0 ′  S , 58 ° 18 ′  W