Capital Department

Capital is a department of in . The provincial subdivision has a population of 159,703 inhabitants in an area of 684 km2, and its capital city is , which is located around 1,145 km from Buenos Aires.
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  • Type: department of Argentina with 160,000 residents
  • Description: department in Catamarca Province, Argentina
  • Also known as: Capital Department, Catamarca” and “Departamento de Capital

Capital Department

Latitude
-28.4167° or 28° 25′ south
Longitude
-65.8° or 65° 48′ west
Population
160,000
Elevation
668 metres (2,192 feet)
Open location code
573PH6M2+82
Geo­Names ID
3862746
Wiki­data ID
Q858182
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Turkish—“Capital Department” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: Կատամարկա
  • Cebuano: Departamento de Capital (munisipyo sa Arhentina, Provincia de Catamarca)
  • Cebuano: Departamento de Capital
  • Chinese: 卡皮特爾縣
  • Dutch: Capital
  • French: Capital
  • French: département Capital
  • French: Département Capital
  • German: Departamento Capital (Catamarca)
  • German: Departamento Capital
  • Greek: Νομός Καπιτάλ
  • Hungarian: Capital megye (Catamarca)
  • Hungarian: Capital megye
  • Italian: Dipartimento di Capital
  • Japanese: カピタル・デパルタメント
  • Persian: بخش کاپیتال (کاتامارکا)
  • Persian: بخش کاپیتال
  • Portuguese: Capital (departamento de Catamarca)
  • Portuguese: Capital
  • Russian: Катамарка (департамент)
  • Russian: Катамарка
  • Scots: Capital Depairtment, Catamarca
  • Scots: Capital Depairtment
  • Spanish: Capital (departamento Catamarca)
  • Spanish: Capital (departamento, Catamarca)
  • Spanish: Departamento Capital
  • Spanish: Departamento Catamarca
  • Swedish: Departamento de Capital (kommun i Catamarca)
  • Swedish: Departamento de Capital
  • Turkish: Departamento Capital, Catamarca

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