The La Capital Department (in Spanish

Spanish language

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, Departamento La Capital) is an administrative subdivision (departamento

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

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. It is located in the center-east of the province. It limits with 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...

 in the east; and from there (going clockwise) with the departments of San Jerónimo

San Jerónimo Department

The San Jerónimo Department is an administrative subdivision of the . It is located in the center-south of the province...

 (south), Las Colonias

Las Colonias Department

The Las Colonias Department is an administrative subdivision of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It is located in the center of the province. Starting from the east and going clockwise, it limits with the departments of La Capital, San Jerónimo, San Martín, Castellanos, San Cristóbal, and San...

 (west), San Justo

San Justo Department

The San Justo Department is an administrative subdivision of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It is located in the center-north of the province. Starting from the north and going clockwise, it limits with the departments of Vera, San Javier, Garay, La Capital, Las Colonias, and San Cristóbal...

 (north) and Garay

Garay Department

The Garay Department is an administrative subdivision 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...

 (northeast).

The department has about 490,000 inhabitants, making it the second most populated in the province after the Rosario Department

Rosario Department

The Rosario Department is an administrative subdivision of the . It is located on the south of the province, with its eastern border coinciding with the provincial border along the Paraná River. It has an area of 1,890 km² and a population of 1.3 million, with a population density of about 700...

. Its head town is Santa Fe

Santa Fe, Argentina

Santa Fe is the capital city of province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It sits in northeastern Argentina, near the junction of the Paraná and Salado rivers. It lies opposite the city of Paraná, to which it is linked by the Hernandarias Subfluvial Tunnel. The city is also connected by canal with the...

, which is also the provincial capital (population 370,000). Other cities and towns are Arroyo Aguiar, Arroyo Leyes, Cabal, Campo Andino, Candioti, Emilia, Laguna Paiva, Llambi Campbell, Monte Vera, Nelson, Recreo, San José del Rincón, Santo Tomé

Santo Tomé, Santa Fe

Santo Tomé is a city in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It is located only 9 km from the capital city . It has a population of about 58,000 inhabitants and estimated at 80,000 inhabitants based on population growth rate provided by the INDEC, and is classified as a second-category...

, and Sauce Viejo.