The Caseros Department (in
Spanish
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, ''Departamento Caseros'') is an administrative subdivision (''
departamento'') of the
province
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of
Santa Fe,
Argentina
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. It is located in the south of the province. Its head town is the city of
Casilda (population 32,000).
Its neighbouring departments are
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and
Iriondo in the north,
San Lorenzo
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in the west, and
Constitución and
General López in the south; to the west its border markthe interprovincial limit with
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.
The towns and cities in this department are (in alphabetical order):
Arequito, Arteaga, Berabevú, Bigand,
Casilda, Chabás,
Chañar Ladeado
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, Gödeken, Los Molinos,
Los Quirquinchos
Los Quirquinchos is a town (''comuna'') in Santa Fe Province, in Caseros Departamento from Rosario, from the provincial capital
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, San José de La Esquina, Sanford, Villada.
References
Government of the Province of Santa FeInforama- Municipalities of the Caseros Department.
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Departments of Santa Fe Province
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