Libertador General San Martín is a department

Departments of Argentina

Departments form the second level of administrative division in the provinces of Argentina. There are no departments in the city of Buenos Aires, which has so far been divided into neighbourhoods as its administrative divisions, but is to be divided now into communes by a recently passed local act...

 located on the north eastern border of Chaco Province

Chaco Province

Chaco is an Argentine province located in the north of the country, near the border with Paraguay. Its capital is Resistencia on the Paraná River opposite the city of Corrientes...

 in Argentina

Argentina

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The provincial subdivision has a population of about 54,500 inhabitants in an area of 7,800km², and its capital city is General José de San Martín

General José de San Martín, Chaco

General José de San Martín is a city in the north-east of the . It is named after José de San Martín, the Argentine general that played a major role in South America's fight for independence from Spain ....

, which is located around 1,125 km from Capital Federal.

The department and its cabecera (capital) are named after José de San Martín

José de San Martín

José Francisco de San Martín, known simply as Don José de San Martín , was an Argentine general and the prime leader of the southern part of South America's successful struggle for independence from Spain.Born in Yapeyú, Corrientes , he left his mother country at the...

, the General that led Argentina to victory over the Spanish Empire

Spanish Empire

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 in the Argentine War of Independence

Argentine War of Independence

The Argentine War of Independence was fought from 1810 to 1818 by Argentine patriotic forces under Manuel Belgrano, Juan José Castelli and José de San Martín against royalist forces loyal to the Spanish crown...

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Settlements

• Ciervo Petiso

• General José de San Martín
  General José de San Martín, Chaco
  General José de San Martín is a city in the north-east of the . It is named after José de San Martín, the Argentine general that played a major role in South America's fight for independence from Spain ....
  
  

• La Eduvigis
  La Eduvigis
  La Eduvigis is a village and municipality in Chaco Province in northern Argentina.-References:...
  
  

• Laguna Limpia
  Laguna Limpia
  Laguna Limpia is a village and municipality in Chaco Province in northern Argentina.- History :The village was developed due to the construction of the railroad in the area...
  
  

• Pampa Almirón
  Pampa Almirón
  Pampa Almirón is a village and municipality in Chaco Province in northern Argentina.-References:...
  
  

• Pampa del Indio
  Pampa del Indio
  Pampa del Indio is a village and municipality in Chaco Province in northern Argentina.-References:...
  
  

• Presidencia Roca
  Presidencia Roca
  Presidencia Roca is a village and municipality in Chaco Province in northern Argentina.-References:...