Chicoana Department

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Chicoana
Department
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Coordinates: 25°6′9″S65°32′7″W / 25.10250°S 65.53528°W / -25.10250; -65.53528 Coordinates: 25°6′9″S65°32′7″W / 25.10250°S 65.53528°W / -25.10250; -65.53528
CountryFlag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
ProvinceBandera de la Provincia de Salta.svg  Salta
Area
[1]
  Total910 km2 (350 sq mi)
Population
 (2010) [1]
  Total18,248
  Density20/km2 (52/sq mi)

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

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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.

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References

  1. 1 2 (in Spanish) Source: INDEC 2010

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