La Paz Department, Catamarca

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La Paz

Departamento La Paz
Departamento La Paz (Catamarca - Argentina).png
location of La Paz Department in Catamarca Province
Coordinates: 29°16′S65°02′W / 29.267°S 65.033°W / -29.267; -65.033
Country Argentina
Established1875
Founded byOctaviano Navarro
Seat Recreo
Government
  MayorÁngel Faustino Lazarte, FCS
Area
  Total8,149 km2 (3,146 sq mi)
Population
 (2001 census [INDEC])
  Total21,061
  Density2.6/km2 (6.7/sq mi)
Demonym(s) lapacense
Postal Code
K5260
IFAM
Area Code03832
Website web.archive.org/web/20061219231538/http://www.camsencat.gov.ar/lapaz.html

La Paz is a department located in the south of Catamarca 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.

Catamarca Province Province of Argentina

Catamarca is a province of Argentina, located in the northwest of the country. The province had a population of 334,568 as per the 2001 census [INDEC], and covers an area of 102,602 km2. Its literacy rate is 95.5%. Neighbouring provinces are : Salta, Tucumán, Santiago del Estero, Córdoba, and La Rioja. To the west it borders the country of Chile.

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, the second largest in South America after Brazil, 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 21,061 inhabitants in an area of 8,149 km2 (3,146 sq mi), and its capital city is Recreo, which is located around 980 km (610 mi) from the Capital federal.

Recreo City in Catamarca, Argentina

Recreo is a city in Catamarca Province, Argentina. It is the head town of the La Paz Department. Recreo is also referred to the name of the Carts Recreo.


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