The General López Department (in Spanish

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, Departamento General López) is an administrative subdivision (departamento

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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 south of the province. Its head town is Melincué

Melincué

Melincué is a town in the south of the , 287 km from the provincial capital. It has about 2,200 inhabitants as per the and it is the head town of the General López Department...

 (population 2,200), and its largest city is Venado Tuerto

Venado Tuerto

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 (population 70,000).

It is bordered by the Caseros Department

Caseros Department

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 in the north, and by the Constitución Department

Constitución Department

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 in the north-east; the rest of its borders coincide with interprovincial limits (with Córdoba

Córdoba Province (Argentina)

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 in the west and with Buenos Aires

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 in the south and east).

The towns and cities in this department are (in alphabetical order): Aarón Castellanos, Amenábar, Cafferata, Cañada del Ucle, Carmen, Carreras, Chapuy, Chovet, Christophersen, Diego de Alvear, Elortondo, Firmat

Firmat

Firmat is a city located in the south of Santa Fe Province, Argentina in the Departamento General López. The main economic resources are agro-industry and agriculture. The city covers an area of about 226 km² . The population of Firmat stood at 18,294 per the 2001 national census...

, Hughes

Hughes

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, La Chispa, Labordeboy, Lazzarino, Maggiolo, María Teresa, Melincué, Miguel Torres, Murphy, Rufino, San Eduardo, San Francisco de Santa Fe, San Gregorio, Sancti Spiritu, Santa Isabel, Teodelina, Venado Tuerto, Villa Cañás, Wheelwright

Wheelwright

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.