San Fernando is a
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 365,000 inhabitants in an area of 3,489 km
2, and its capital city is
Resistencia, which is also the provincial capital. It located around 1,020 km from the
Capital federal.
Municipalities
The department consists of 5 first-level municipalities:
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Barranqueras
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Basail
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Fontana
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Puerto Vilelas
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Resistencia (capital)
Villages
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El Paranacito
El Paranacito, also Villa Paranacito, is a village and municipality in Argentina located in the department of San Fernando in the southeast of Chaco.
It is named after the arm of the Paraná River
The Paraná River ( ; ; ) is a river in so ...
References
External links
Resistencia Municipal Website(Spanish)
Website containing information about Resistencia(Spanish)
1878 establishments in Argentina
Departments of Chaco Province
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