Loreto Department

Loreto
Location of Loreto* in Argentina*
Data
Capital	Loreto
population	17,442 (2001, INDEC)
surface	3,337 km²
Population density	5.2 inhabitants / km²

The Loreto department is located in the southwest of the Santiago del Estero province in northwest Argentina and is one of the province's 27 administrative units .

It borders in the north with the departments Silípica and San Martín , in the east with the department Atamisqui , in the south with the department Ojo de Agua and in the west with the department Choya .

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

cities and communes

The Loreto department is divided into the following municipalities: