Department of El Alto

El Alto
Location of El Alto in Argentina
Data
Capital	El Alto
population	3,400 (2001, INDEC)
surface	2,327 km²
Population density	1.5 inhabitants / km²

The department of El Alto is located in the center of the province of Catamarca in northwest Argentina and is one of the 16 administrative units of the province.

It is bordered to the north by the Santa Rosa department , to the east by the province of Santiago del Estero , to the south by the departments of La Paz and Ancasti and to the west by the departments of Valle Viejo and Paclín .

The capital of the department is El Alto of the same name .

cities and communes

The department of El Alto is divided into the following places (Localidades):

• El Alto
• Guayamba
• Infanzón
• Los Corrales
• Tapso
• Vilismán

There are also the following small settlements (Parajes):

Achalco	Albigasta	Ayapaso	Bajo Hondo	Calera del Sauce	Cana Cruz
Chañar Laguna	Choya Viejo	Collagasta	Colonia de Achalco	Corpus Yaco	Corralito
El Chuapi	El Durazno	El Hornito	El Lindero	El Molino	El Pantanillo
El Puestito	El Rosario	Estancia de Jerez	Francisco Lorenzo	Guanaschi	Huaico Honco
Ichipuca	Iloga	Inacillo	La Bebida	La Calera	La Chilca
La Costa	La Higuera	La Huerta	La Quebrada	La Quebrada Honda	La Tuna
Las Cananas	Las Cuestecillas	Las Encrucijadas	Las Juntas	Las Piedritas	Los Álamos
Los Algarrobos	Los Mertecos	Los Pozos	Los sauces	Los Tarquitos	Ojo de Agua
Oyola	Pozo Grande	Puerta de Molle Yaco	Puesto de Názar	Puesto Ponce	Río Los Morteros
Rodeo Chiquito	San Francisco	San Jerónimo	San Martín	Huacho sauce	Simogasta
Tabigasta	Taco yaco	Talasi	Tintigasta	Villa El Alto	Villa Isabel
Villapa de Arriba	Yaco Yaci

Web links

• Departamento El Alto ( Memento of January 11, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (Spanish)
• Gobierno de Catamarca - History ( Memento of September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (Spanish)

Coordinates: 28 ° 24 ′  S , 65 ° 21 ′  W