O'Higgins Department
Encyclopedia
O'Higgins is a department
of Chaco Province
in Argentina
.
The provincial subdivision has a population of about 19,000 inhabitants in an area of 1,580 km², and its capital city is San Bernardo
, which is located around 190 km from the provincial capital
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...
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The provincial subdivision has a population of about 19,000 inhabitants in an area of 1,580 km², and its capital city is San Bernardo
San Bernardo, Chaco
San Bernardo is a town in Chaco Province, Argentina. It is the head town of the O'Higgins Department.-Economy:The local economy is based on agriculture and forestry, the main produce being cotton, soya, sunflowers and wheat....
, which is located around 190 km from the provincial capital
Settlements
- La Clotilde
- La Tigra
- San BernardoSan Bernardo, ChacoSan Bernardo is a town in Chaco Province, Argentina. It is the head town of the O'Higgins Department.-Economy:The local economy is based on agriculture and forestry, the main produce being cotton, soya, sunflowers and wheat....