The San Jerónimo Department (in
Spanish
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, ''Departamento San Jerónimo'') is an administrative subdivision (''
departamento A ' () is a country subdivision in several Latin American
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'') of the . It is located in the center-south of the province. It limits with the
Paraná River
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in the east; and from there (going clockwise) with the departments of
San Lorenzo
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* San Lorenzo Department, Chaco
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and
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(south),
Belgrano
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* José Denis Belgrano (1844–1917), Spanish painter
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* Manuel Be ...
(southwest),
San Martín (west), and
Las Colonias and
La Capital
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(north).
The department has over 77,000 inhabitants. Its head town is
Coronda
Coronda is a small city in the . It is located in the San Jerónimo Department, 43 km south from the provincial capital ( Santa Fe). It has a population of about 18,000 inhabitants ().
The town was founded in 1867 by Governor Nicasio Oroñ ...
(population 17,000). Other cities and towns are
Arocena,
Barrancas,
Bernardo de Irigoyen
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Biography
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,
Campo Piaggio,
Casalegno,
Centeno,
Desvío Arijón,
Díaz,
Gaboto,
Gálvez,
Gessler,
Larrechea,
Loma Alta,
López
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,
Maciel,
Monje,
Pueblo Irigoyen,
San Eugenio,
San Fabián
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Administration
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,
San Genaro, and
San Genaro Norte.
References
Inforama- Municipalities of the San Jerónimo Department.
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Departments of Santa Fe Province