Río Hondo Department

Río Hondo
Location of Río Hondo* in Santiago del Estero (Argentina)*
Data
Capital	Termas de Río Hondo
population	50,781 (2001, INDEC)
surface	2,124 km²
Population density	23.9 inhabitants / km²

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

It is bordered by the Jiménez department to the north, the Banda department to the east, the Capital and Guasayán departments to the south, and the Tucumán province to the west .

The capital of the Río Hondo department is Termas de Río Hondo .

population

According to INDEC estimates, the population of the Río Hondo department rose from 50,781 in 2001 to 50,886 in 2005.

The Río Hondo Department is divided into the following municipalities: