General Güemes Department

General Güemes is the largest and the northernmost department of in . The provincial subdivision has a population of about 62,000 inhabitants in an area of 25,487 km, and its capital city is Juan José Castelli, which is located around 1,305 km from the Capital federal.
  • Type: department of Argentina with 62,200 residents
  • Description: department in Chaco Province, Argentina
  • Also known as: “Departamento de General Gueemes”, “Departamento General Guemes (Chaco)”, “département de General Güemes”, and “General Güemes Department, Chaco”

General Güemes Department

Latitude
-25.1667° or 25° 10′ south
Longitude
-61.4167° or 61° 25′ west
Population
62,200
Elevation
148 metres (486 feet)
Open location code
576WRHMM+88
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