The Las Colonias Department (in
Spanish
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, ''Departamento Las Colonias'') is an administrative subdivision (''
departamento A ' () is a country subdivision in several Latin American
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Latin American countries and the ...
'') of the
province
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of
Santa Fe, Argentina. It is located in the center of the province. Starting from the east and going clockwise, it limits with the departments of
La Capital
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,
San Jerónimo,
San Martín,
Castellanos,
San Cristóbal, and
San Justo. Las Colonias is thus one of only three provincial departments that do not share a border with another province.
The department has about 95,000 inhabitants, which are distributed in 37 districts (mostly small municipalities and communes). The head town is
Esperanza (population 36,000). Other cities and towns are
Colonia Cavour,
Colonia San José,
Cululú,
Elisa
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,
Empalme San Carlos,
Felicia,
Franck Franck can refer to:
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* Franck, Argentina, town in Santa Fe Province, Argentina
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See also
* Franc (di ...
,
Grutly,
Hipatia,
Humboldt,
Ituzaingó,
Jacinto L. Arauz,
La Pelada,
Las Tunas,
María Luisa,
Matilde
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*Matilde ...
,
Nuevo Torino,
Pilar,
Progreso,
Providencia,
Pujato Norte,
Rivadavia,
Sa Pereira,
San Agustín,
San Carlos Centro
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Like most other ...
,
San Carlos Norte,
San Carlos Sud,
San Jerónimo del Sauce,
San Jerónimo Norte,
San Mariano,
Santa Clara de Buena Vista,
Santa María Centro,
Santa María Norte,
Santo Domingo
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,
Sarmiento Sarmiento may refer to:
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*Sarmiento Department, San Juan, a subdivision of the San Juan Province
* Sarmiento Department, Santiago del Estero, a subdivision of the Santiago del Estero Province
* Sarmiento Department, Chubut, a subdi ...
, and
Soutomayor.
The name of this department (which means "The Colonies") derives from the fact that it was settled mostly by
immigrant
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families under the system of
agricultural colonies, of which Esperanza was the first formally organized in Argentina.
References
Inforama- Municipalities of the Las Colonias Department.
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