Vera Department
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The Vera Department is an administrative subdivision (departamento
) of the province
of Santa Fe
, Argentina
. It is located in the center-north of the province. It limits Entre Ríos Province
to the north, and the departments of General Obligado
(east), San Javier
(south-east), San Justo (south), San Cristóbal
(south-west), and Nueve de Julio
(west).
The Vera Department is the largest department in Santa Fe but also one of the least densely populated, as is true in the north of the province as a whole. It has over 51,000 inhabitants. Its head town is Vera
(population 20,000). Other cities and towns are Calchaquí, Cañada Ombú, Fortín Olmos, Garabato, Golondrina, Intiyaco, La Gallareta, Los Amores, Margarita, Tartagal, and Toba.
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-north of the province. It limits Entre Ríos Province
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....
to the north, and the departments of General Obligado
General Obligado Department
The General Obligado Department is an administrative subdivision of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It is located in the northeast of the province. It has about 166,000 inhabitants as per the...
(east), 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...
(south-east), San Justo (south), San Cristóbal
San Cristóbal Department
The San Cristóbal Department is an administrative subdivision of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina...
(south-west), and Nueve de Julio
Nueve de Julio Department, Santa Fe
The Nueve de Julio Department is an administrative subdivision of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It is located in the northwestern corner of the province, limiting with the Vera Department in the east, and with the San Cristóbal Department in the south...
(west).
The Vera Department is the largest department in Santa Fe but also one of the least densely populated, as is true in the north of the province as a whole. It has over 51,000 inhabitants. Its head town is Vera
Vera, Santa Fe
Vera is a city in the north of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It is the head town of the Vera Department and lies 256 km from the provincial capital . It has a population of about 20,000 inhabitants ....
(population 20,000). Other cities and towns are Calchaquí, Cañada Ombú, Fortín Olmos, Garabato, Golondrina, Intiyaco, La Gallareta, Los Amores, Margarita, Tartagal, and Toba.