General Güemes Department (Chaco)

General Güemes
Location of General Güemes in Chaco (Argentina)
Data
Capital	Juan José Castelli
population	62,227 (2001, INDEC)
surface	25,487 km²
Population density	2.4 inhabitants / km²

The General Güemes department is located in the northwest of the Chaco province in northwest Argentina and is the largest department in the province in terms of area. In total, the province is divided into 25 administrative units.

It is bordered by the Formosa Province to the northeast , the Libertador General San Martín Department to the east, the Maipú Department to the south and the Almirante Brown Department and the Salta Province to the west .

The capital of the General Güemes Department is Juan José Castelli . It is 300 kilometers from the provincial capital Resistencia and 1,305 kilometers from Buenos Aires .

cities and communes

The General Güemes Department is divided into the following municipalities:

• El Espinillo
• El Sauzalito
• Fuerte Esperanza
• Juan José Castelli
• Miraflores
• Misión Nueva Pompeya
• Villa Río Bermejito

Web links

• Municipalidad de Juan José Castelli ( Memento of October 8, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) (Spanish)
• Juan José Castelli News (Spanish)

Coordinates: 25 ° 30 ′  S , 61 ° 0 ′  W