Monteros Department
| Monteros | |
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| Capital | Monteros |
| population | 58,442 (2001, INDEC) |
| surface | 1,169 km² |
| Population density | 50 people / km² |
The department of Monteros is located in the west of the province of Tucumán in north-west Argentina and is one of 17 administrative units in the province. It borders in the north with the departments of Tafí del Valle and Famaillá , in the east with the departments Leales and Simoca , in the south with the department Chicligasta and in the west with the province of Catamarca . The capital of the department is the city of the same name, Monteros .
geography
The landscape of the Departamento Monteros is mountainous in the west with plains in the east.
cities and communes
The department of Monteros is divided into the following municipalities:
- Acheral
- Amberes
- Capitán Cáceres
- El Cercado
- Los Sosas
- Monteros
- Río Seco
- Santa Lucía
- Santa Rosa y Los Rojo
- Sargento Moya
- Soldado Maldonado
- Teniente Berdina
- Villa Quinteros
Burruyacú | Capital | Chicligasta | Cruz Alta | Famaillá | Graneros | Juan Bautista Alberdi | La Cocha | Leales | Lules | Monteros | Río Chico | Simoca | Tafí del Valle | Tafí Viejo | Trancas | Yerba Buena
Coordinates: 27 ° 6 ′ S , 65 ° 36 ′ W