Cruz Alta Department is a 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...

 located in the east of the Tucumán Province

Tucumán Province

Tucumán is the most densely populated, and the smallest by land area, of the provinces of Argentina. Located in the northwest of the country, the capital is San Miguel de Tucumán, often shortened to Tucumán. Neighboring provinces are, clockwise from the north: Salta, Santiago del Estero and...

, Argentina. Its 2001 population was 162,240 (2nd in the province) largely located in the Banda del Río Salí

Banda del Río Salí

Banda del Río Salí is a city in the Tucumán Province, Argentina. It is the department seat and the largest and most populated city in the Cruz Alta Department. The 2001 Census counted a population of 64,591....

-Alderetes Area (northwest). The Department seat is the city of Banda del Río Salí

Banda del Río Salí

Banda del Río Salí is a city in the Tucumán Province, Argentina. It is the department seat and the largest and most populated city in the Cruz Alta Department. The 2001 Census counted a population of 64,591....

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Geography

Plains occupy all of the department’s total area (1,255 km²) stretching from the outskirts of the Greater San Miguel de Tucumán Area in the west to the Santiago del Estero Province

Santiago del Estero Province

Santiago del Estero is a province of Argentina, located in the north of the country. Neighbouring provinces are from the north clockwise Salta, Chaco, Santa Fe, Córdoba, Catamarca and Tucumán.-History:...

 border in the east. The Salí river forms its western boundary.

Adjacent districts

• Burruyacú Department
  Burruyacú Department
  Burruyacú Department is a department located in the northwest of the Tucumán Province, Argentina. According to the 2001 census, its population was 32,936 The Department seat is the town of Burruyacú.-Geography:...
  
   – north
• Leales Department
  Leales Department
  Leales Department is a department in Tucumán Province, Argentina. It has a population of 51,090 and an area of 2027 km². The seat of the department is in Bella Vista.-Municipalities and communes:*Agua Dulce y La Soledad*Bella Vista*El Mojón...
  
   – south
• Lules
  Lules Department
  Leales Department is a department in Tucumán Province, Argentina. It has a population of 57,235 and an area of 540 km². The seat of the department is in Lules.-Municipalities and communes:*El Manantial*Lules*San Felipe y Santa Bárbara...
  
  , Capital
  Capital Department, Tucumán
  Capital Department is a department located in the center-north of the Tucumán Province, Argentina. As of the 2001 census, its population was 527,607 and its population density was 5,862/km². The city of San Miguel de Tucumán covers almost all of the 90 km² of the department’s area...
  
   and Tafí Viejo departments – west
• Santiago del Estero Province
  Santiago del Estero Province
  Santiago del Estero is a province of Argentina, located in the north of the country. Neighbouring provinces are from the north clockwise Salta, Chaco, Santa Fe, Córdoba, Catamarca and Tucumán.-History:...
  
   – east

Cities, towns and comunas rurales

• Alderetes
  Alderetes, Tucumán
  Alderetes is a city in the Cruz Alta Department, Tucumán Province, Argentina. It is bordered in the north by the Burruyacu Department, in the east by the "comunas rurales" of La Florida-Luisiana, Delfín Gallo and Colombres; in the south by the city of Banda del Río Salí , and in the west by the...
  
  
• Banda del Río Salí
  Banda del Río Salí
  Banda del Río Salí is a city in the Tucumán Province, Argentina. It is the department seat and the largest and most populated city in the Cruz Alta Department. The 2001 Census counted a population of 64,591....
  
  
• Colombres
• Delfín Gallo
  Delfín Gallo
  Delfín Gallo was an Argentine politician and journalist.He was born in San Miguel de Tucumán to a family with connections to the Tucumanian oligarchy, and studied under Amédée Jacques at the Colegio San Miguel....
  
  
• El Bracho y El Cevilar
• El Naranjito
• La Florida y Luisiana
  La Florida y Luisiana
  La Florida y Luisiana is a rural community in Cruz Alta Department, Tucuman Province, Argentina. It lies to the east of Alderetes, which is part of the Greater Tucuman metropolitan area. It is also home to the La Florida football team....
  
  
• Las Cejas
  Las Cejas
  Las Cejas is a settlement in Tucumán Province in northern Argentina....
  
  
• Los Bulacio y Los Villagra
• Los Pereyras
• Los Pérez
• Los Ralos
• Ranchillos y San Miguel
  Ranchillos y San Miguel
  Ranchillos y San Miguel is a settlement in Tucumán Province in northern Argentina....
  
  
• San Andrés