Los Andes Department

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Los Andes
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Location of Los Andes in Salta (Argentina)
Data
Capital San Antonio de los Cobres
population 5,630 (2001, INDEC)
surface 25,636 km²
Population density 0.2 inhabitants / km²

The Los Andes department is located in the west of the Salta province in north-west Argentina and is one of the province's 23 administrative units . It is the largest and most sparsely populated department in Salta Province.

It borders the province of Jujuy to the north, the departments of La Poma , Cachi and Molinos to the east, the province of Catamarca to the south and Chile to the west .

The capital of the department is San Antonio de los Cobres .

From 1902 to 1944 the department belonged to the Territorio Nacional de los Andes , whose capital was San Antonio. However, due to the small population and economic stagnation of the territory, it was integrated into the province of Salta, the other departments in the provinces of Jujuy and Catamarca .

cities and communes

The Los Andes department is divided into the following municipalities:

  • San Antonio de los Cobres
  • Tolar Grande (Delegación Municipal)
  • Caipe
  • Chuculaqui
  • Laguna Seca
  • Mina La Casualidad
  • Mina Tincalado
  • Olacapato
  • Quebrada del Agua
  • Salar de Pocitos
  • Santa Rosa de los Pastos Grandes
  • Socompa
  • Taca Taca
  • Unquillar
  • Vega de Arizaro

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Coordinates: 24 ° 12 ′  S , 66 ° 18 ′  W