Trancas is a department located in the northern part of
Tucumán Province
Tucumán () is the most densely populated, and the second-smallest by land area, of the provinces of Argentina.
Located in the northwest of the country, the province has the capital of San Miguel de Tucumán, often shortened to Tucumán. Neigh ...
, Argentina.
It is bounded to the west and north by
Salta Province
Salta () is a province of Argentina, located in the northwest of the country. Neighboring provinces are from the east clockwise Formosa, Chaco, Santiago del Estero, Tucumán and Catamarca. It also surrounds Jujuy. To the north it borders Boliv ...
, on the east by the Department of
Burruyacú, to the south by the Department of
Tafi Viejo and to the southwest by the Department of
Tafí del Valle
Tafí del Valle is a city in Tucumán, Argentina. It is located in the department of the same name, of which it is the main settlement, in the west of the Argentine province of Tucumán, 126 km from the provincial capital, San Miguel d ...
. The headquarters is the town of
Trancas.
Population
According to the 2010 Census, 17,541 people lived in the apartment people. This number made it the third least populated department of the province,
after Barns and Tafi del Valle.
"Provincia de Tucumán. Viviendas, población por sexo e índice de masculinidad, según departamento. Año 2010"
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References
Departments of Tucumán Province
Populated places in Tucumán Province
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