Rinconada Department
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| Capital | Rinconada |
| population | 2,298 (2001, INDEC) |
| surface | 6,407 km² |
| Population density | 0.4 inhabitants / km² |
The Rinconada Department is one of 16 administrative units in the Jujuy Province in northwestern Argentina . Rinconada borders in the north on the departments of Santa Catalina and Yavi , in the east on the department Cochinoca , in the south on the department Susques and in the west on Bolivia . The capital of the department is the Rinconada of the same name .
geography
On the territory of the department there are the Lagunas de Vilama or Reserva Provincial Altoandina de la Chinchilla , a group of small lakes on the Argentine puna .
population
According to the last census, the Rinconada department has 2298 inhabitants ( INDEC , 2001). According to estimates by INDEC, the population increased to 2,430 in 2005.
cities and communes
The Rinconada Department consists of the following municipalities and settlements:
- Antiguyoc
- Barrealito
- Carahuasi
- Casa Colorada
- Ciénaga Grande
- Icacha
- Lagunillas
- Lagunillas del Farallón
- Liviara
- Loma Blanca
- Mina Ajedrez
- Mina Pan de Azúcar
- Mina Pirquitas
- Nazareno
- Orosmayo
- Pairique Chico
- Peñas Blancas
- Pirquitas
- Portezuelo
- Rinconada
- Rosario de Susques
- Rosario de Coyahuaima
- Ramallo
- San Jose
- Tiomayo
- Santa Ana
Cochinoca | Doctor Manuel Belgrano | El Carmen | Humahuaca | Ledesma | Palpalá | Rinconada | San Antonio | San Pedro | Santa Bárbara | Santa Catalina | Susques | Tilcara | Tumbaya | Valle Grande | Yavi
Coordinates: 22 ° 24 ′ S , 66 ° 6 ′ W