San Miguel Department

San Miguel
Location of San Miguel* in Corrientes (Argentina)*
Data
Capital	San Miguel
population	10,252 (2001, INDEC)
surface	2,863 km²
Population density	3.6 inhabitants / km²

The department of San Miguel is located in the north of the province of Corrientes in northeast Argentina and is one of 25 administrative units in the province.

In the north, separated by the Río Paraná , it borders on Paraguay , in the east on the Department Ituzaingó , in the southwest on the Department Concepción and in the west on the General Paz .

The capital of the department of San Miguel is the eponymous San Miguel .

population

The department is comparatively sparsely populated, which is also due to the fact that a large part of the territory belongs to the Esteros del Iberá nature reserve .

cities and communes

history

The region was originally inhabited by the Guaraní and was the seat of Jesuit reductions during the colonial period . Both Loreto and the departmental capital San Miguel emerged from such.

-28 -57.6Coordinates: 28 ° 0 ′ S , 57 ° 36 ′ W