Alberdi Department Explained

Alberdi Department
Native Name Lang:es
Settlement Type:Department
Mapsize:180px
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Alberdi Department in Argentina
Coordinates:-26.5839°N -62.8472°W
Coor Pinpoint:Campo Gallo
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Argentina
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Santiago del Estero
Seat Type:Head town
Seat:Campo Gallo
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:13507
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:15617
Population As Of:2001
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:ART
Utc Offset1:-3

Alberdi Department is a department of Santiago del Estero Province, Argentina in the region of the Chaco Santiagueño. It is bordered on the north by Copo Department, on the east by Chaco Province, on the south by Moreno Department and Figueroa Department, and on the west by the Salado River which separates it from the Jiménez Department and Pellegrini Department. Its head town is Campo Gallo.

The department was created by provincial law No. 782, which was adopted on June 27, 1921, which modified the law No. 353 and dividing Copo Department to create Alberdi Department.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Provincia según departamento. Población, superficie y densidad. Años 1991 y 2001 . July 29, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070928010644/http://www.indec.gov.ar/censo2001s2_2/Datos/86000LC121.xls . September 28, 2007 . dead .
  2. Web site: Ley 782 . 2012-08-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130507110703/http://www.catastro-se.gov.ar/digesto/ley782.php . 2013-05-07 . dead .