Cruz del Eje 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...

 of Córdoba Province

Córdoba Province (Argentina)

Córdoba is a province of Argentina, located in the center of the country. Neighboring provinces are : Santiago del Estero, Santa Fe, Buenos Aires, La Pampa, San Luis, La Rioja and Catamarca...

 in Argentina

Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

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The provincial subdivision has a population of about 52,172 inhabitants in an area of 6,653 km², and its capital city is Cruz del Eje

Cruz del Eje

Cruz del Eje is a city in the . It has about 28,000 inhabitants as of the . It is the head town of the department of the same name, which has a population of about 52,000....

, which is located around 861 km from Capital Federal.

Settlements

• Alto de Los Quebrachos
• Bañado de Soto
• Cruz de Caña
• Cruz del Eje
  Cruz del Eje
  Cruz del Eje is a city in the . It has about 28,000 inhabitants as of the . It is the head town of the department of the same name, which has a population of about 52,000....
  
  
• El Brete
• Guanaco Muerto
• La Batea
• La Higuera
• Las Cañadas
• Las Playas
• Los Chañaritos
• Media Naranja
• Paso Viejo
• San Marcos Sierras
• Serrezuela
• Tuclame
• Villa de Soto

1908 earthquake

On September 22, 1908 the region was struck by an earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale. The epicentre was around 30°30′0"S 64°30′0"W and it was felt as far as 100 km away.