Garay Department
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The Garay Department is an administrative subdivision (departamento
) of the province
of Santa Fe
, Argentina
. It is located in the center-east of the province. It has about 20,000 inhabitants as per the . Its head town is the city of Helvecia
(population 8,500). It is the least populated in the province.
Its neighbouring departments are San Javier
in the north, San Justo in the west, and La Capital
in the south. The eastern limit is marked by the Paraná River
, which is the natural border with the province of Entre Ríos
.
The towns and cities in this department are (in alphabetical order): Cayastá, Colonia Mascías, Helvecia, Saladero Mariano Cabal, and Santa Rosa de Calchines.
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 province
Provinces of Argentina
Argentina is subdivided into twenty-three provinces and one autonomous city...
of Santa Fe
Santa Fe Province
The Invincible Province of Santa Fe, in Spanish Provincia Invencible de Santa Fe , is a province of Argentina, located in the center-east of the country. Neighboring provinces are from the north clockwise Chaco , Corrientes, Entre Ríos, Buenos Aires, Córdoba, and Santiago del Estero...
, 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...
. It is located in the center-east of the province. It has about 20,000 inhabitants as per the . Its head town is the city of Helvecia
Helvecia
Helvecia is a town in the center-east of the , on the San Javier River . It has about 8,500 inhabitants as of the and it is the head town of the Garay Department....
(population 8,500). It is the least populated in the province.
Its neighbouring departments are San Javier
San Javier Department, Santa Fe
The San Javier Department is an administrative subdivision of the . It is located on the northeast of the province, with its eastern border coinciding with the provincial border along the Paraná River.The department's head town is the city of San Javier, which has over 15,000 inhabitants The San...
in the north, San Justo in the west, and La Capital
La Capital Department, Santa Fe
The La Capital Department is an administrative subdivision of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It is located in the center-east of the province...
in the south. The eastern limit is marked by the Paraná River
Paraná River
The Paraná River is a river in south Central South America, running through Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina for some . It is second in length only to the Amazon River among South American rivers. The name Paraná is an abbreviation of the phrase "para rehe onáva", which comes from the Tupi language...
, which is the natural border with the province of Entre Ríos
Entre Ríos Province
Entre Ríos is a northeastern province of Argentina, located in the Mesopotamia region. It borders the provinces of Buenos Aires , Corrientes and Santa Fe , and Uruguay in the east....
.
The towns and cities in this department are (in alphabetical order): Cayastá, Colonia Mascías, Helvecia, Saladero Mariano Cabal, and Santa Rosa de Calchines.