General Obligado Department

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Provincial departments
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General Obligado Department, Santa Fe
Population 166,436
Area 10,928 km²
Density 15.2 inhab/km²
Head town Reconquista
Location 29°40′ S 59°12′ W
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The General Obligado Department (in Spanish, Departamento General Obligado) is an administrative subdivision (departamento) of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It is located in the northeast of the province. It has about 166,000 inhabitants as per the 2001 census [INDEC]. Its head town is the city of Reconquista (population 66,000).

The department is located on the northeastern "corner" of Santa Fe, bordered by the Vera Department in the west and the San Javier Department in the south. In the north it limits with the province of Chaco, and in the east, with the Paraná River, which is the natural border with the province of Corrientes.

The towns and cities in this department are (in alphabetical order): Arroyo Ceibal, Avellaneda, Berna, El Arazá, El Rabón, El Sombrerito, Florencia, Guadalupe Norte, Ingeniero Chanourdie, La Sarita, Lanteri, Las Garzas, Las Toscas, Los Laureles, Malabrigo, Reconquista, San Antonio de Obligado, Tacuarendí, Villa Ana, Villa Guillermina, Villa Ocampo, Nicanor Molinas.

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