Catamarca Province
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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 Department (Belén)
- Capayán (Chumbicha)
- Capital (San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca)
- El Alto Department (El Alto)
- Fray Mamerto Esquiú (San José, Catamarca)
- La Paz Department, Catamarca (San Antonio)
- Paclín (La Merced)
- Pomán (Pomán)
- Santa María Department (Santa María)
- Santa Rosa Department, Catamarca (Bañado de Ovanta)
- Tinogasta (Tinogasta)
- Valle Viejo Department (San Isidro, Catamarca)
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| Buenos Aires | Buenos Aires Province | Catamarca | Chaco | Chubut | Córdoba | Corrientes | Entre Ríos | Formosa | Jujuy | La Pampa | La Rioja | Mendoza | Misiones | Neuquen | Río Negro | Salta | San Juan | San Luis | Santa Cruz | Santa Fe | Santiago del Estero | Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica, and South Atlantic Islands | Tucumán | |