The General López Department (in
Spanish
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, ''Departamento General López'') is an administrative subdivision (''
departamento A ' () is a country subdivision in several Latin American
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'') 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
Melincué (population 2,200), and its largest city is
Venado Tuerto
Venado Tuerto () (Spanish for ''One Eyed Deer'') is a city in the south-west of the , 322 km from the provincial capital. It has about 76,000 inhabitants ().
History
Venado Tuerto was founded on April 26, 1884 by Eduardo Casey, born in L ...
(population 70,000).
It is bordered by the
Caseros Department in the north, and by the
Constitución Department in the north-east; the rest of its borders coincide with interprovincial limits (with
Córdoba in the west and with
Buenos Aires
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in the south and east).
The towns and cities in this department are (in alphabetical order):
Aarón Castellanos,
Amenábar,
Cafferata,
Cañada del Ucle,
Carmen
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,
Carreras,
Chapuy,
Chovet,
Christophersen,
Diego de Alvear,
Elortondo,
Firmat
Firmat is a city located in the south of Santa Fe Province of Argentina in the Departamento General López. The main economic activities are agro-industry and agriculture. The city covers an area of about . The population of Firmat was 19,757 at ...
,
Hughes,
La Chispa,
Labordeboy,
Lazzarino,
Maggiolo,
María Teresa, Melincué,
Miguel Torres,
Murphy
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Origins and variants
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,
Rufino,
San Eduardo,
San Francisco de Santa Fe,
San Gregorio,
Sancti Spiritu,
Santa Isabel,
Teodelina, Venado Tuerto,
Villa Cañás
Villa Cañás is a small city in the south of the , some 370 km from Santa Fe, Argentina, the provincial capital and not far from Venado Tuerto.
It has about 9,817 inhabitants as per the .
The city was founded in 1902 by Juan Cañás, and ac ...
,
Wheelwright
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.
References
Government of the Province of Santa FeInforama
- Municipalities of the General López Department.
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External links
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Departments of Santa Fe Province
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