General Güemes is the largest and the northernmost 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 Chaco Province

Chaco Province

Chaco is an Argentine province located in the north of the country, near the border with Paraguay. Its capital is Resistencia on the Paraná River opposite the city of Corrientes...

 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...

.

The provincial subdivision has a population of about 62,000 inhabitants in an area of 25,487km², and its capital city is Juan José Castelli

Juan José Castelli, Chaco

Juan José Castelli is a town in the province of Chaco, Argentina. It is located 274 km from the provincial capital Resistencia and has about 37,000 inhabitants as per the . It is the head town of the General Güemes Department...

, which is located around 1,305km from Capital Federal.

Settlements

Castelli
Colonia La Florida
El Espinillo
El Pintado
Fortin Lavalle
Kilometro 642
Nueva Poblacion
Nueva Pompeya
Palo Marcado
San Juancito
Simbolar
Tunales
Zaparinqui

External links

• J.J. Castelli Municipal Website (Spanish)
• Juan José Castelli Website