Mercedes department

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Mercedes
Location of Mercedes in Corrientes (Argentina)
Data
Capital	Mercedes
population	39,206 (2001, INDEC)
surface	9,588 km²
Population density	4.1 inhabitants / km²

Mercedes is a department in the center of the Corrientes Province in northeastern Argentina and one of the province's 25 administrative units . With 9,588 km² it is the largest department in the province in terms of area, with 39,206 inhabitants (2001, INDEC ).

The department of Mercedes is bordered by the departments of San Roque , Concepción and Ituzaingó to the north, by the departments of San Martín and Paso de los Libres to the west, by the department of Curuzú Cuatiá to the south and by the department of Lavalle to the east .

cities and communes

The capital of the Mercedes department is also called Mercedes . Until 1835 it was named Pay Ubre by Guarani .

• Mercedes
• Mariano I. Loza
• Felipe Yofré
• Naranjito

economy

The lush pastures of the Mercedes department favor livestock farming . The cattle breeding is concentrated near the departmental capital Mercedes, where there is also a cold store for the meat. There are also tanneries and a flourishing leather trade .

Lime is extracted in the south of the Mercedes department . Mercedes supplies a large part of the material for road construction in the province of Corrientes .

Coordinates: 29 ° 12 ′  S , 58 ° 6 ′  W