Metán Department
Metán is a department located in Salta Province, in Argentina. With an area of 5,235 km2 it borders to the north with the departments of General Güemes and Anta, to the east with Anta, to the south with Santiago del Estero Province and Rosario de la Frontera Department, and to the west with Guachipas Department, La Viña Department, and Capital Department.- Type: department of Argentina with 39,000 residents
- Description: department of Argentina
- Also known as: “Departamento de Metan”, “Departamento Metan”, “Departamento metán”, “Metan”, and “Metan Department”
Metán Department
- Location: Salta, Andean Northwest, Argentina, South America
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Latitude
-25.5° or 25° 30′ south
Longitude
-64.6667° or 64° 40′ west
Population
39,000
Elevation
568 metres (1,864 feet)
Open location code
576QG82M+28
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Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Turkish—“Metán Department” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Մետան”
- Cebuano: “Departamento de Metán”
- Chinese: “梅坦縣”
- Dutch: “Metán”
- French: “Département de Metán”
- French: “Metán”
- Georgian: “მეტანის დეპარტამენტი”
- German: “Departamento Metán”
- Hungarian: “Metán megye”
- Italian: “Dipartimento di Metán”
- Japanese: “メタン・デパルタメント”
- Mingrelian: “მეტანიშ დეპარტამენტი”
- Persian: “بخش د متان”
- Polish: “Metán (departament)”
- Polish: “Metán”
- Portuguese: “Metán (departamento)”
- Portuguese: “Metán”
- Russian: “Метан (департамент)”
- Russian: “Метан”
- Spanish: “Departamento de Metán”
- Swedish: “Departamento de Metán”
- Turkish: “Departamento de Metán”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: El Jardín and Maravilla.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Quebrada Caballo Muerto and Quebrada Blanca.
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