Chicligasta Department is a 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...

 located in the southwest area of the Tucumán Province

Tucumán Province

Tucumán is the most densely populated, and the smallest by land area, of the provinces of Argentina. Located in the northwest of the country, the capital is San Miguel de Tucumán, often shortened to Tucumán. Neighboring provinces are, clockwise from the north: Salta, Santiago del Estero and...

, Argentina

Argentina

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. As of the 2001 census, the department had a population of 75,133, making it the 4th most populous in the province and the most populous one in southern Tucumán. Chicligasta’s largest city, and its Department seat as well, is Concepción

Concepción, Tucumán

Concepción is a city and the department seat of Chicligasta in Tucumán Province, Argentina. It is located 76 km south of the provincial capital San Miguel de Tucumán and has a population of 47,693...

, with a population of about 50,000.

Geography

The department has a total area of 1,267 km. Plains cover the east portion, where most of the population dwells, and the west is mountainous and almost uninhabited. Part of the latter area is included in the Campo de los Alisos National Park

Campo de los Alisos National Park

The Campo de los Alisos National Park is a national park of Argentina, located in the Chicligasta Department, province of Tucumán. It has an area of 100 square kilometres....

 and the Cochuna Natural Reserve

The highest peaks in the department are the Cerro del Bolsón (5550 m), Cerro de los Cóndores (5450m), and the Cerro de la Bolsa (5300 m) located in its westernmost portion, alongside the border with the Catamarca Province

Catamarca Province

Catamarca is a province of Argentina, located in the northwest of the country. The province has a population of 334,568 as per the , 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...

. They are part of a range called “Nevados del Aconquija” or simply, Aconquija.

The Gastona River is the principal waterway. Other rivers are the Cochuna, de las Cañas, Seco and Medinas.

Adjacent districts

• Monteros Department
  Monteros Department
  Monteros Department is a department in Tucumán Province, Argentina. It has a population of 58,442 and an area of 1,169 km². The seat of the department is in Monteros.-Municipalities and communes:*Acheral*Amberes*Capitán Cáceres*El Cercado*Los Sosas...
  
   – north
• Simoca Department
  Simoca Department
  Simoca Department is a department in Tucumán Province, Argentina. It has a population of 29,932 and an area of 1,261 km². The seat of the department is in Simoca.-Municipalities and communes:*Atahona*Buena Vista*Ciudacita*Manuela Pedraza...
  
   – east and southeast
• Río Chico Department
  Río Chico Department, Tucumán
  Río Chico Department is a department in Tucumán Province, Argentina. It has a population of 52,925 and an area of 585 km². The seat of the department is in Aguilares.-Municipalities and communes:*Aguilares*El Polear*Los Sarmientos y La Tipa...
  
   – south
• Catamarca Province
  Catamarca Province
  Catamarca is a province of Argentina, located in the northwest of the country. The province has a population of 334,568 as per the , 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...
  
   – west

Cities, towns and comunas rurales

• Alpachiri and El Molino
• Alto Verde and Los Gucheas
• Arcadia
• Concepción
  Concepción, Tucumán
  Concepción is a city and the department seat of Chicligasta in Tucumán Province, Argentina. It is located 76 km south of the provincial capital San Miguel de Tucumán and has a population of 47,693...
  
  
• Gastona and Belicha
• Ingenio La Trinidad
• Medinas

Major highways

• National Route 38
• Tucumán Province Route 327
• Tucumán Province Route 329
• Tucumán Province Route 330
• Tucuman Province Route 331
• Tucuman Province Route 365