Juan Bautista Alberdi Department

The department Juan Bautista Alberdi located in the southwest of the province of Tucumán in northwestern Argentina, and is one of 17 administrative units in the province. It is bordered to the north by the department of Río Chico, on the east by the department of Graneros, to the south by the department of La Cocha and to the west by the province of Catamarca. Department and capital were after the politicians, lawyers and writers from Tucumán, Juan Bautista Alberdi, named.

Population

According to the last census the department of 28 206 inhabitants ( INDEC, 2001) had. An updated estimate of the INDEC from 2005 shows him to 29 729 inhabitants.

Cities and Towns

The department Juan Bautista Alberdi is divided into the following municipalities:

  • Escaba
  • Juan B. Alberdi
  • Villa Belgrano

Economy and Tourism

The Ruta Provincial 308 connects the capital of the department of Ciudad Alberdi with the reservoir Escaba, the main tourist attraction of the department. Here lives one of the largest bat colonies in the Americas. The reservoir is also used for power generation and the dam of the type Ambursen is among the highest in the world.

Burruyacú | Capital | Chicligasta | Cruz Alta | Famaillá | Graneros | Juan Bautista Alberdi | La Cocha | Leales | Lules | Monteros | Río Chico | Simoca | Tafi del Valle | Tafi Viejo | Trancas | Yerba Buena

  • Department (Tucumán )
La Cocha Department Catamarca Province National Institute of Statistics and Census of Argentina Cruz Alta Department Leales Department Lules Department Monteros Department Simoca Department Trancas Department Yerba Buena Department
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