The Belgrano Department (in Spanish

Spanish language

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, Departamento Belgrano) is an administrative subdivision (departamento

Departments of Argentina

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) of the province

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 of Santa Fe

Santa Fe Province

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, Argentina

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. It is located in the southwest of the province. It limits with the departments of San Martín

San Martín Department, Santa Fe

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 (north), San Jerónimo

San Jerónimo Department

The San Jerónimo Department is an administrative subdivision of the . It is located in the center-south of the province...

 (northeast), Iriondo

Iriondo Department

The Iriondo Department is an administrative subdivision of the . It is located in the south of the province. It limits with the departments of San Jerónimo in the north, San Lorenzo in the east, Caseros in the south, and Belgrano in the west...

 (east), and Caseros

Caseros Department

The Caseros Department is an administrative subdivision of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It is located in the south of the province...

 (south); to the west it limits with the province of Córdoba

Córdoba Province (Argentina)

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The department has about 41,000 inhabitants. Its head town is Las Rosas

Las Rosas, Santa Fe

Las Rosas is a city in the southwest of the , located from the provincial capital. It has about 12,600 inhabitants as per the , and it is the head town of the Belgrano Department, which also comprises the municipalities of Armstrong, Bouquet, Las Parejas, Montes de Oca, and Tortugas.Las Rosas was...

 (population 13,000). Other cities and towns are Armstrong, Bouquet, Las Parejas, Montes de Oca, and Tortugas.

The name of this department is an homage to General Manuel Belgrano

Manuel Belgrano

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, the creator of the Argentine flag

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