Santiago del Estero Province - Definition and Overview

Santiago del Estero is a province of Argentina, located in the north of the country. The capital is Santiago del Estero. The province has a population of 804,457 (2001), and covers an area of 136,351 km². Neighboring provinces are from the north clockwise Salta, Chaco, Santa Fe, Córdoba, Catamarca and Tucumán. Sierras de Guasayan rise on West and Sierras de Ambargasta y Sumampa on the South. Two main rivers cross the province of North-South: The Dulce River and The Salado River.

The province is divided in 27 departments (spanish departamentos)

Department (Capital)

1. Aguirre (Villa General Mitre)
2. Alberdi (Campo Gallo)
3. Atamisqui (Villa Atamisqui)
4. Avellaneda (Herrera)
5. Banda (La Banda)
6. Belgrano (Bandera)
7. Capital (Santiago del Estero)
8. Choya (Frías)
9. Copo (Monte Quemado)
10. Figueroa (La Cañada)
11. General Taboada (Añatuya)
12. Guasayán (San Pedro de Guasayán)
13. Jiménez (Pozo Hondo)
14. Juan Felipe Ibarra (Suncho Corral)
15. Loreto (Loreto)
16. Mitre (Villa Unión)
17. Moreno (Quimilí)
18. Ojo de Agua (Villa Ojo de Agua)
19. Pellegrini (La Fragua)
20. Quebrachos (Sumampa)
21. Río Hondo (Termas de Río Hondo)
22. Rivadavia (Selva)
23. Robles (Fernández)
24. Salavina (Los Telares)
25. San Martín (Brea Pozo)
26. Sarmiento (Garza)
27. Silípica (Arraga)

Provinces of Argentina
Buenos Aires Province | Catamarca | Chaco | Chubut | Córdoba | Corrientes | Entre Ríos | Formosa | Jujuy | La Pampa | La Rioja | Mendoza | Misiones | Neuquén | Río Negro | Salta | San Juan | San Luis | Santa Cruz | Santa Fe | Santiago del Estero | Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica, and South Atlantic Islands | Tucumán