Pellegrini Department

Pellegrini
Location of Pellegrini* in Santiago del Estero (Argentina)*
Data
Capital	Nueva Esperanza
population	19,517 (2001, INDEC)
surface	7,330 km²
Population density	2.7 inhabitants / km²

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

It borders the province of Salta to the north, the Copo and Alberdi departments to the east, the Jiménez department to the south and the Tucumán and Salta provinces to the west .

The capital of the Pellegrini department is Nueva Esperanza .

cities and communes

The Pellegrini Department is divided into the following municipalities: