Castellanos Department | |
|---|---|
 Location of Castellanos Department within Santa Fe Province | |
| Coordinates: 31°16′S61°29′W / 31.267°S 61.483°W Coordinates: 31°16′S61°29′W / 31.267°S 61.483°W | |
| Country |  |
| Province | Santa Fe |
| Head town | Rafaela |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6,600 km2 (2,500 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 162,165 |
| • Density | 25/km2 (64/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-3 (ART) |
The Castellanos Department (in Spanish, Departamento Castellanos) is an administrative subdivision ( departamento ) of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It is located in the center-west of the province. It has about 162,000 inhabitants as per the 2001 census [INDEC]. Its head town is the city of Rafaela (population 84,000).
Spanish or Castilian, is a Romance language that originated in the Iberian Peninsula and today has over 450 million native speakers in Spain and in the Americas. It is a global language and the world's second-most spoken native language, after Mandarin Chinese.
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.
Argentina 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.
Its neighbouring departments are San Cristóbal in the north, Las Colonias in the east, and San Martín in the south. The western limit is the border with the province of Córdoba.
The San Cristóbal Department is an administrative subdivision (departamento) of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It is located in the center-northwest of the province, limiting with the departments of Nueve de Julio and Vera in the north, San Justo in the east, and Las Colonias and Castellanos in the south; to the west it shares a short border with the province of Córdoba and a longer one with Santiago del Estero.
The Las Colonias Department is an administrative subdivision (departamento) of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It is located in the center of the province. Starting from the east and going clockwise, it limits with the departments of La Capital, San Jerónimo, San Martín, Castellanos, San Cristóbal, and San Justo. Las Colonias is thus one of only three provincial departments that do not share a border with another province.
The San Martín Department is an administrative subdivision (departamento) of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It is located in the center-south of the province. It limits with the departments of Castellanos (north), Las Colonias (north-east), San Jerónimo (east), and Belgrano (south); the western limit coincides with the interprovincial border between Santa Fe and Córdoba.
The towns and cities in this department are (in alphabetical order): Angélica, Ataliva, Aurelia, Bauer y Sigel, Bella Italia, Colonia Bicha, Castellanos, Colonia Aldao, Colonia Bigand, Colonia Cello, Colonia Iturraspe, Colonia Margarita, Colonia Raquel, Coronel Fraga, Egusquiza, Esmeralda, Estación Clucellas, Eusebia y Carolina, Eustolia, Fidela, Frontera, Galisteo, Garibaldi, Hugentobler, Humberto Primo, Josefina, Lehmann, María Juana, Mauá, Plaza Clucellas, Presidente Roca, Pueblo Marini, Rafaela, Ramona, Saguier, San Antonio, San Vicente, Santa Clara de Saguier, Sunchales, Susana, Tacural, Tacurales, Vila, Villa San José, Virginia, Zenón Pereyra.
