Comandante Fernández Department

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Comandante Fernández
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Location of Comandante Fernández Department in Chaco Province
Coordinates: 26°48′S60°27′W / 26.800°S 60.450°W / -26.800; -60.450 Coordinates: 26°48′S60°27′W / 26.800°S 60.450°W / -26.800; -60.450
Country Argentina
Province Chaco Province
Capital Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña
Area
 • Total 1,500 km2 (600 sq mi)
Population [1]
 • Total 88,164
 • Density 59/km2 (150/sq mi)
Demonym(s) Saenzpeñense
Area code(s) 03732
Distance to Buenos Aires 1,120 km (700 mi)
Distance to Resistencia 100 km (62 mi)
Website https://web.archive.org/web/20061209102144/http://www.guiadelchaco.com.ar/seccion.asp?id=SPenia

Comandante Fernández is a central department of Chaco Province in Argentina.

Departments of Argentina

Departments form the second level of administrative division, and are subdivided in municipalities. They are extended in all of Argentina except for the Province of Buenos Aires and the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, the national capital, each of which has different administrative arrangements.

Chaco Province Province of Argentina

The Province of Chaco is a province in north-eastern Argentina.

Argentina federal republic in South America

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country located mostly in the southern half of South America. Sharing the bulk of the Southern Cone with Chile to the west, the country is also bordered by Bolivia and Paraguay to the north, Brazil to the northeast, Uruguay and the South Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Drake Passage to the south. With a mainland area of 2,780,400 km2 (1,073,500 sq mi), Argentina is the eighth-largest country in the world, the fourth largest in the Americas, and the largest Spanish-speaking nation. The sovereign state is subdivided into twenty-three provinces and one autonomous city, Buenos Aires, which is the federal capital of the nation as decided by Congress. The provinces and the capital have their own constitutions, but exist under a federal system. Argentina claims sovereignty over part of Antarctica, the Falkland Islands, and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.

The provincial subdivision has a population of about 88,000 inhabitants in an area of 1,500 km², and its capital city is Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña, which is located around 1,120 km from the Capital federal.

Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña City in Chaco, Argentina

Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña is a city in the province of Chaco, Argentina. It is the second largest in the province. It is located 170 kilometres (110 mi) west-northwest of the provincial capital Resistencia, on the main rail and road route across northern Argentina to Salta. The city has a population of 76,377 for the urban area (localidad) and 88,164 for the whole municipality.

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References

  1. ↑ 2001 census [INDEC]


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