Constitución Department, Santa Fe

The Constitución Department (in Spanish, Departamento Constitución) is an administrative subdivision (departamento) of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It is located on the south of the province. It has about 83,000 inhabitants as per the 2001 census [INDEC]. Its head town is the city of Villa Constitución (population 43,000).

Constitución Department
Department
Location of Constitución Department within Santa Fe Province
Coordinates: 33°14′S 60°20′W
Country	Argentina
Province	Santa Fe
Head town	Villa Constitución
Area
• Total	3,225 km2 (1,245 sq mi)
Population
• Total	83,045
• Density	26/km2 (67/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-3 (ART)

Its neighbouring departments are Rosario, San Lorenzo and Caseros in the north, and General López in the west; to the south its natural border is the Arroyo del Medio, which also marks the interprovincial limit with Buenos Aires; to the east it faces the Paraná River, across which is the province of Entre Ríos.

The towns and cities in this department are (in alphabetical order): Alcorta, Bombal, Cañada Rica, Cepeda, Empalme Villa Constitución, General Gelly, Godoy, Juan Bernabé Molina, Juncal, La Vanguardia, Máximo Paz, Pavón, Pavón Arriba, Peyrano, Rueda, Santa Teresa, Sargento Cabral, Theobald, Villa Constitución.

References

• Government of the Province of Santa Fe
• Inforama - Municipalities of the Constitución Department.
• "Constitución Department, Santa Fe" (in Spanish). Municipal Affairs Federal Institute (IFAM), Municipal Affairs Secretariat, Ministry of Interior, Argentina.