Chicoana is a department located in Salta Province, in northwestern Argentina.

Chicoana
Department
Coordinates: 25°6′9″S 65°32′7″W / 25.10250°S 65.53528°W / -25.10250; -65.53528
Country Argentina
Province Salta
Area
 • Total910 km2 (350 sq mi)
Population
 (2010)[1]
 • Total18,248
 • Density20/km2 (52/sq mi)

With an area of 910 km2 (351 sq mi) it is one of the smallest departments of the province. It borders to the north with the departments of Cerrillos, and Rosario de Lerma, to the east with Capital Department, to the south with La Viña and to the west with the departments of Cachi and San Carlos.

Towns and municipalities edit

  • Chicoana
  • El Carril
  • Escoipe
  • Viñaco
  • Calvimonte
  • Agua Negra
  • El Maray
  • El Nogalar
  • La Zanja
  • Pulares
  • San Fernando de Escoipe
  • San Martín
  • El moyar
  • Chivilme
  • Bella vista
  • Los Los
  • Peñaflor
  • Potrero de Díaz

References edit

  1. ^ a b (in Spanish) Source: INDEC 2010

External links edit

  Media related to Chicoana Department, Salta at Wikimedia Commons