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Antofagasta de la Sierra is the northernmost department
Departments of Argentina

Departments form the second level of administrative division in the provinces of Argentina. There are no departments in the city of Buenos Aires, which has so far been divided into neighbourhoods as its administrative divisions, but is to be divided now into communes by a recently passed local act....
 of Catamarca Province
Catamarca Province

Catamarca is a Provinces of Argentina of Argentina, located in the northwest of the country. The capital is San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca, usually shortened to Catamarca....
 in Argentina
Argentina

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic , is a country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city....
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The provincial subdivision has a population of about 1,300 inhabitants in an area of 28,097km˛, and its capital city is Antofagasta de la Sierra
Antofagasta de la Sierra, Catamarca

Antofagasta de la Sierra is a village in Catamarca Province, Argentina. It is the head town of the Antofagasta de la Sierra Department.Antofagasta de la Sierra is a high altitude settlement, the majority of its inhabitants are descended from the Diaguitas and Atacame?os....
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Antofagasta de la Sierra is the northernmost department
Departments of Argentina

Departments form the second level of administrative division in the provinces of Argentina. There are no departments in the city of Buenos Aires, which has so far been divided into neighbourhoods as its administrative divisions, but is to be divided now into communes by a recently passed local act....
 of Catamarca Province
Catamarca Province

Catamarca is a Provinces of Argentina of Argentina, located in the northwest of the country. The capital is San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca, usually shortened to Catamarca....
 in Argentina
Argentina

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic , is a country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city....
.

The provincial subdivision has a population of about 1,300 inhabitants in an area of 28,097km˛, and its capital city is Antofagasta de la Sierra
Antofagasta de la Sierra, Catamarca

Antofagasta de la Sierra is a village in Catamarca Province, Argentina. It is the head town of the Antofagasta de la Sierra Department.Antofagasta de la Sierra is a high altitude settlement, the majority of its inhabitants are descended from the Diaguitas and Atacame?os....
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Volcanos


The department is most famous for its volcanic activity, there are over 200 volcanos situated in the area, the most notable of them are Antofagasta
Antofagasta de la Sierra

Antofagasta de la Sierra is a volcanic field in Argentina. The main type of volcanic edifice in the area are Cinder cone. The area contains the youngest vents in the whole of the Puna region of Argentina....
, Antofalla
Antofalla

Antofalla is a large and very remote stratovolcano in Catamarca Province in northwestern Argentina. It is located on the edge of the Puna de Atacama, a high desert plateau east of the Atacama Desert....
, Carachi Pampa, Alumbrera and Galán
Galan

Galan may refer to:* Giancarlo Galan, an Italian politician and Governor of the Veneto region* Galactus, a cosmic entity in Marvel Comics whose name was once Galan...
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The Galán volcano has the largest explosive Caldera
Caldera

A caldera is a cauldron-like volcano feature usually formed by the collapse of land following a volcanic eruption such as the one at Yellowstone National Park....
 in the world.

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