The Calamuchita Department is a subdivision (department

Departments of Argentina

Departments form the second level of administrative division in the provinces of Argentina. There are no departments in the city of Buenos Aires, which has so far been divided into neighbourhoods as its administrative divisions, but is to be divided now into communes by a recently passed local act...

) of the .
The department is located in the center-west of the province and includes important tourist destinations, especially along the Calamuchita Valley. The center of this region is the small city of Santa Rosa de Calamuchita

Santa Rosa de Calamuchita

Santa Rosa de Calamuchita is a small village in the . It has about 10,000 inhabitants as of the . The village is located in the center of the Calamuchita Valley, in the middle of a landscape that includes hills as well as rivers and lakes; the area is a major tourist attraction...

. To the north and up the sierras, the town of Villa General Belgrano

Villa General Belgrano

Villa General Belgrano, a small mountain village of 6,260 inhabitants is named after the creator of the Argentine flag Manuel Belgrano and located in a lush green valley of Calamuchita in the hills in the Province of Córdoba in central Argentina.-History:...

 is well-known for its European Alpine

Alps

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 look and its Oktoberfest

Oktoberfest

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 (locally known simply Fiesta de la Cerveza, Beer Festival). To the south there is the town of Embalse

Embalse, Córdoba

Embalse is a town in the center-west of the province of Córdoba, Argentina, located within the Calamuchita Valley, 119 km south-southwest from Córdoba City...

, located beside a dam with a large reservoir and home to one of the two functional nuclear power plant

Nuclear power plant

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s in Argentina (see Embalse nuclear power plant

Embalse nuclear power plant

The Embalse Nuclear Power Station is one of the two operational nuclear power plants in Argentina. It is located on the southern shore of a reservoir on the Río Tercero, near the city of Embalse, Córdoba, 110 km south-southwest of Córdoba City....

).

Settlements

• Amboy
  Amboy
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• Calmayo
• Cañada del Sauce
• Embalse
  Embalse, Córdoba
  Embalse is a town in the center-west of the province of Córdoba, Argentina, located within the Calamuchita Valley, 119 km south-southwest from Córdoba City...
  
  
• La Cruz
• Las Bajadas
• Las Caleras
• Los Cóndores
• Los Molinos
• Los Reartes
• Lutti
• Río de Los Sauces
• San Agustín
  San Agustín, Córdoba
  San Agustín is a city in the center-west of the province of Córdoba, Argentina. It has 2,870 inhabitants per the , and is the head town of the Calamuchita Department. It lies on National Route 36, about 60 km south from the provincial capital Córdoba....
  
  
• San Ignacio
• Santa Rosa de Calamuchita
  Santa Rosa de Calamuchita
  Santa Rosa de Calamuchita is a small village in the . It has about 10,000 inhabitants as of the . The village is located in the center of the Calamuchita Valley, in the middle of a landscape that includes hills as well as rivers and lakes; the area is a major tourist attraction...
  
  
• Segunda Usina
• Villa Amancay
• Villa Ciudad Parque Los Reartes
• Villa del Dique
• Villa General Belgrano
  Villa General Belgrano
  Villa General Belgrano, a small mountain village of 6,260 inhabitants is named after the creator of the Argentine flag Manuel Belgrano and located in a lush green valley of Calamuchita in the hills in the Province of Córdoba in central Argentina.-History:...
  
  
• Villa Quillinzo
• Villa Rumipal
• Villa Yacanto