Calingasta Department
Calingasta is a department of the province of San Juan. It is the southwestern corner of the province, which is predominantly a landscape of mountains and rivers.
- Type: department of Argentina with 8,180 residents
- Description: department of Argentina
- Also known as: “Calingasta (departement)”, “Departement de Calingasta”, “Département de calingasta”, “Département De Calingasta”, and “カリンガスタ・デパルタメント”
Calingasta Department
- Category: municipality
- Location: San Juan, Cuyo, Argentina, South America
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Latitude
-31.5° or 31° 30′ south
Longitude
-69.75° or 69° 45′ west
Population
8,180
Elevation
2,933 metres (9,623 feet)
Open location code
47WGG722+22
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Turkish—“Calingasta Department” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Departamento de Calingasta”
- Chinese: “卡林加斯塔縣”
- Dutch: “Calingasta”
- French: “Calingasta”
- French: “Département de Calingasta”
- Georgian: “კალინგასტის დეპარტამენტი”
- German: “Departamento Calingasta”
- Hungarian: “Calingasta megye”
- Italian: “Dipartimento di Calingasta”
- Japanese: “カリンガスタ”
- Korean: “칼링가스타군”
- Mingrelian: “კალინგასტაშ დეპარტამენტი”
- Persian: “بخش کالینگاستا”
- Portuguese: “Calingasta (departamento)”
- Portuguese: “Calingasta”
- Russian: “Калингаста”
- Slovak: “Calingasta (department)”
- Slovak: “Calingasta”
- Spanish: “Departamento Calingasta”
- Swedish: “Calingasta”
- Turkish: “Departamento Calingasta”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: La Alumbrera and Potrerito.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Cerro Viejo and Cerro Amarillo.
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