La Capital Department, Santa Fe


The La Capital Department is an administrative subdivision of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It is located in the center-east of the province. It limits with the Paraná River in the east; and from there with the departments of San Jerónimo, Las Colonias, San Justo and Garay.
The department has about 490,000 inhabitants, making it the second most populated in the province after the Rosario Department. Its head town is Santa Fe, which is also the provincial capital. Other cities and towns are Arroyo Aguiar, Arroyo Leyes, Cabal, Campo Andino, Candioti, Emilia, Laguna Paiva, Llambi Campbell, Monte Vera, Nelson, Recreo, San José del Rincón, Santo Tomé, and Sauce Viejo.