Trancas Department

San Pedro de Tapia Colalao

The department Trancas is located in the north of the province of Tucumán in northwestern Argentina, and is one of 17 administrative units in the province. It is bordered to the west and north by the province of Salta, on the east by the department of Burruyacú, to the south by the Departamento Tafi Viejo and to the southeast by the Departamento Tafi del Valle. The department Trancas has an area of ​​2862 km ² with 15,473 inhabitants (2001, INDEC ). The population density was 5.4 inh. / Km ². The capital of the department also named Trancas.

The name comes Trancas, according to legend, by a warrior from the Quilmes which was called Chanca and San Francisco Solano accompanied on his missionary journeys through the North West.

The department Trancas was shaken in the morning on the Richter scale on January 19, 1826 by 8 clock by an earthquake of magnitude 6.4. The epicenter was located at a depth of 30 m at the coordinates 26 ° 11'59 "S, 65 ° 15'0" W.

Cities and Towns

  • Choromoro
  • San Pedro de Colalao
  • Tapia
  • Trancas

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 )
National Institute of Statistics and Census of Argentina Quilmes people Cruz Alta Department Juan Bautista Alberdi Department La Cocha Department Leales Department Lules Department Monteros Department Simoca Department Yerba Buena Department
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