Tinogasta Department

Tinogasta Department
Location of Tinogasta Department* in Catamarca (Argentina)*
Data
Capital	Tinogasta
population	22,570 (2001, INDEC)
surface	23,582 km²
Population density	1.0 inhabitants / km²

The Tinogasta Department is located in the northwest of the Catamarca Province in northwest Argentina and is one of the province's 16 administrative units.

It is bordered by the Antofagasta de la Sierra department to the north, the Belén and Pomán departments to the east, the La Rioja province to the south and Chile to the west .

The capital of the department is Tinogasta of the same name . It is located 279 kilometers from the provincial capital San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca and 1,415 kilometers from Buenos Aires .

cities and communes

The Tinogasta Department is divided into the following municipalities and settlements:

Algarrobal
Anillaco
Antinaco
Banda de Lucero
Barrio Las Lomas
Barrio Los Nacimientos
Buena Vista
Cerro Negro
Chuquisaca
Ciénaga Grande
Cordobita
Costa de Reyes
El Alto
El Angosto
El Bracho
El Breal
El Cachiyuyo
El Molino
El Paraná
El Pueblito
El Puesto
El Retiro
El Rincon
El Salado
Fiambalá
Guachin
La Aguadita
La Ciénaga
La Cienaguita

La Costa
La Falda
La Florida
La Isla
La Mesada de Zárate
La Puesta de Tatón
La Quebrada del Cerco
Las Lajas
Las Termas
Loma Pelada
Los Balverdi
Los Barrionuevo
Los Hoyitos
Los Quinteros
Los Ranchillos
Los Robledos
Medanitos
Palo Blanco
Puesto El Leoncito
Punta de Agua
Río Colorado
San Pedro
Santa Cruz
Santo Tomás
Saujil
Tatón
Tinogasta
Villa Luján
Zanjón de Apocango

Web links

Tinogasta Department ( Memento of March 30, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (Spanish)
Welcome Argentina (Spanish)

-28 -67.6Coordinates: 28 ° 0 ′ S , 67 ° 36 ′ W