The General Obligado Department (in Spanish

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, Departamento General Obligado) is an administrative subdivision (departamento

Departments of Argentina

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) of the province

Provinces of Argentina

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 of Santa Fe

Santa Fe Province

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, Argentina

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. It is located in the northeast of the province. It has about 166,000 inhabitants as per the . Its head town is the city of Reconquista

Reconquista, Santa Fe

Reconquista is a city in the north of the , from the provincial capital. It is the head town of the General Obligado Department, and it has 66,187 inhabitants according to the ....

 (population 66,000).

The department is located on the northeastern "corner" of Santa Fe, bordered by the Vera Department

Vera Department

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 in the west and the San Javier Department

San Javier Department, Santa Fe

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 in the south. In the north it limits with the province of Chaco

Chaco Province

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, and in the east, with the Paraná River

Paraná River

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, which is the natural border with the province of Corrientes

Corrientes Province

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.

The towns and cities in this department are (in alphabetical order): Arroyo Ceibal, Avellaneda, Berna, El Arazá, El Rabón, El Sombrerito, Florencia, Guadalupe Norte, Ingeniero Chanourdie, La Sarita, Lanteri, Las Garzas, Las Toscas, Los Laureles, Malabrigo, Reconquista, San Antonio de Obligado, Tacuarendí, Villa Ana, Villa Guillermina, Villa Ocampo, Nicanor Molinas.