The Castellanos Department (in Spanish

Spanish language

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, Departamento Castellanos) is an administrative subdivision (departamento

Departments of Argentina

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) of the province

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 of Santa Fe

Santa Fe Province

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, Argentina

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. It is located in the center-west of the province. It has about 162,000 inhabitants as per the . Its head town is the city of Rafaela

Rafaela

Rafaela is a city in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina, about 96 km from the provincial capital. It is the head town of the Castellanos Department. It has a population of 99,150 per the ....

 (population 84,000).

Its neighbouring departments are San Cristóbal

San Cristóbal Department

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 in the north, Las Colonias

Las Colonias Department

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 in the east, and San Martín

San Martín Department, Santa Fe

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 in the south. The western limit is the border with the province of Córdoba

Córdoba Province (Argentina)

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.

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.