Los Andes Department

Los Andes
Department
Coordinates: AR 24°12′59″S 66°19′19″W / 24.21639°S 66.32194°WCoordinates: AR 24°12′59″S 66°19′19″W / 24.21639°S 66.32194°W
Country	Argentina
Province	Salta
Capital	San Antonio de los Cobres
Area[1]
• Total	25,636 km^2 (9,898 sq mi)
Population (2001)[2]
• Total	5,630
• Density	0.22/km^2 (0.57/sq mi)

A road in San Antonio de los Cobres

View of Tolar Grande

Los Andes (i.e.: The Andes) is a department located in Salta Province, Argentina. It is the second per extension, after Rivadavia Department, and its capital is the town of San Antonio de los Cobres.

Geography

Overview

The department is located in the western area of the province, on the eastern side of the Andes, and includes the Puna de Atacama. It borders with Antofagasta Region (Chile), the provinces of Jujuy and Catamarca, and the departments of La Poma, Cachi and Chicoana. The territorial strip linking the northern and southern side of La Poma Department separes Los Andes from Rosario de Lerma Department.

Places

Towns and municipalities:

• San Antonio de los Cobres (5,482 inh.)
• Mina La Casualidad (abandoned)
• Olacapato (186 inh.)
• Santa Rosa de los Pastos Grandes (136 inh.)
• Tolar Grande (119 inh.)

Other localities and places:

• Caipe
• Chuculaqui
• Laguna Seca
• Los Patos
• Mina Concordia
• Mina Tincalado
• Quebrada del Agua
• Salar de Pocitos
• Socompa
• Taca Taca
• Unquillal
• Vega de Arizaro

See also

• Tren a las Nubes
• La Polvorilla
• Salar de Arizaro
• Salta–Antofagasta railway

References

1. (Spanish) Source: INDEC 2001 (area)
2. (Spanish) Source: INDEC 2001 (population)

External links

Media related to Departments of Salta at Wikimedia Commons

• (Spanish) Los Andes Department on Salta Province website