General Güemes is the largest and the northernmost
department of
Chaco Province
Chaco (; Wichi languages, Wichi: ''To-kós-wet''), officially the Province of Chaco ( ) is one of the 23 provinces of Argentina, provinces of Argentina. Its capital and largest city is Resistencia, Chaco, Resistencia. It is located in the north- ...
in
Argentina
Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourt ...
.
The provincial subdivision has a population of about 62,000 inhabitants in an area of 25,487 km
2, and its capital city is
Juan José Castelli
Juan José Castelli (19 July 176412 October 1812) was an Argentina, Argentine lawyer who was one of the leaders of the May Revolution, which led to the Argentine War of Independence. He led an ill-fated military campaign in Upper Peru.
Juan Jo ...
, which is located around 1,305 km from the
Capital federal
Buenos Aires, controlled by the government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southwest of the Río de la Plata. Buenos Aires is classified as an Alpha− glob ...
.
Settlements
*
Castelli
Castelli may refer to:
Places Argentina
* Castelli, Buenos Aires, city in Buenos Aires Province
* Castelli Partido, partido in Buenos Aires Province
* Juan José Castelli, Chaco, in Chaco Province
* Villa Castelli, Argentina, in La Rioja Pr ...
*
Colonia La Florida
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El Espinillo
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El Pintado
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Fortín Lavalle
*
Kilometro 642
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Miraflores
*
Nueva Población
*
Nueva Pompeya
Nueva Pompeya (Spanish for ''New Pompei''), often loosely referred to as Pompeya, is a neighbourhood in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Located in the South side, it has long been one of the city's proletarian districts steeped in the tradit ...
*
Palo Marcado
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San Juancito
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Simbolar
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Tunales
*
Zaparinqui
References
External links
J.J. Castelli Municipal Website(Spanish)
Juan José Castelli Website
Departments of Chaco Province
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