Map of Argentina highlighting the province Catamarca is a province of Argentina, located in the northwest of the country. The capital is San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca, usually shortened to Catamarca. The province has a population of 334,568 (2001), and covers an area of 102,602 km². Neighboring provinces are (clockwise, from the north): Salta, Tucumán, Santiago del Estero, Córdoba, and La Rioja. To the west it borders Chile.
The province is divided into sixteen departments (Spanish: departamentos).
Department (Capital)
- Ambato (La Puerta)
- Ancasti (Ancasti)
- Andalgalá (Andalgalá)
- Antofagasta de la Sierra (Antofagasta de la Sierra)
- Belén (Belén)
- Capayán (Chumbicha)
- Capital (San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca)
- El Alto (El Alto)
- Fray Mamerto Esquiú (San José)
- La Paz (San Antonio)
- Paclín (La Merced)
- Pomán (Pomán)
- Santa María (Santa María)
- Santa Rosa (Bañado de Ovanta)
- Tinogasta (Tinogasta)
- Valle Viejo (San Isidro)
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