San Javier Department (Misiones)

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San Javier
Department of San Javier Misiones.png
Location of San Javier in Misiones (Argentina)
Data
Capital San Javier
population 19,187 (2001, INDEC)
surface 640 km²
Population density 35.8 inhabitants / km²

The department of San Javier is located in the southwest of the province of Misiones in northeast Argentina .

It borders on the Leandro N. Alem Department in the north, the Oberá Department in the north and east , Brazil in the south and the Concepción Department in the west .

The capital of San Javier is the eponymous San Javier .

population

According to estimates by INDEC , the population of the department rose from 19,187 inhabitants (2001) to 21,846 inhabitants in 2005.

cities and communes

The department of San Javier is divided into the following municipalities:

Coordinates: 27 ° 48 ′  S , 55 ° 6 ′  W