Guasayán Department is a ''

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'' of the

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of Santiago del Estero,

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. This region of small mountains in the west of the province is 2,588 km² (less than 2% of the province) and has 7,404 inhabitants () (less than 1% of the province's population). Its capital is San Pedro de Guasayán, with 1,715 inhabitants, located 124 kilometres from Santiago del Estero, the provincial capital, on Provincial Route 64. Other villages include Lavalle, Guampaya and Villa Guasayán. The highest peak in the department is ''Sinchi Caña'' at 630 metres, and no river issues from it. According to some historians, the term ''Guasayán'' could mean "path behind the sierra", or "view from the heights". There are some ruins from Native American inhabitants, especially near Villa Guasayán.

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is said to have travelled through those lands around 1544.

References

External links

Department's technical data - provincial site
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Guasayan Department Departments of Santiago del Estero Province