Chicoana Department

Chicoana is a department located in Salta Province, in northwestern Argentina.

Chicoana
Department
Coordinates: 25°6′9″S 65°32′7″W / 25.10250°S 65.53528°W / -25.10250; -65.53528
Country	Argentina
Province	Salta
Area ^[1]
• Total	910 km^2 (350 sq mi)
Population  (2010)^[1]
• Total	18,248
• Density	20/km^2 (52/sq mi)

With an area of 910 km² (351 sq mi) it is one of the smallest departments of the province. It borders to the north with the departments of Cerrillos, and Rosario de Lerma, to the east with Capital Department, to the south with La Viña and to the west with the departments of Cachi and San Carlos.

Towns and municipalities

• Chicoana
• El Carril
• Escoipe
• Viñaco
• Calvimonte
• Agua Negra
• El Maray
• El Nogalar
• La Zanja
• Pulares
• San Fernando de Escoipe
• San Martín
• El moyar
• Chivilme
• Bella vista
• Los Los
• Peñaflor
• Potrero de Díaz

References

1. (in Spanish) Source: INDEC 2010

External links

  Media related to Chicoana Department, Salta at Wikimedia Commons

• (in Spanish) Departments of Salta Province website