Oberá Department

Oberá
Location of Oberá* in Misiones (Argentina)*
Data
Capital	Oberá
population	95,667 (2001, INDEC)
surface	1,564 km²
Population density	59.05 inhabitants / km²

The Oberá department is located in the south of the Misiones province in northeast Argentina and is one of 17 administrative units in the province.

It is bordered to the north by the Department of San Ignacio , to the east by the departments of Cainguás and Veinticinco de Mayo , to the south by the Department of San Javier and Brazil and to the west by the departments of Leandro N. Alem and Candelaria .

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

population

Oberá is called the National Capital of Immigrants (Capital Nacional del Inmigrante) because its population is made up of immigrants from various nations. a. Swiss , Swedes , Finns , German-Brazilians , Galicians , Japanese , Poles and Arabs . Every year this fact is celebrated in September in the national festival of the immigrants (Fiesta Nacional del Inmigrante).

cities and communes

The department of Oberá is divided into the following municipalities:

-27.5 -55.1Coordinates: 27 ° 30 ′ S , 55 ° 6 ′ W