The San Justo Department (in Spanish

Spanish language

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, Departamento San Justo) 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 center-north of the province. Starting from the north and going clockwise, it limits with the departments of Vera

Vera Department

The Vera Department is an administrative subdivision of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It is located in the center-north of the province...

, San Javier

San Javier Department, Santa Fe

The San Javier Department is an administrative subdivision of the . It is located on the northeast of the province, with its eastern border coinciding with the provincial border along the Paraná River.The department's head town is the city of San Javier, which has over 15,000 inhabitants The San...

, Garay

Garay Department

The Garay Department is an administrative subdivision of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It is located in the center-east of the province. It has about 20,000 inhabitants as per the . Its head town is the city of Helvecia...

, La Capital

La Capital Department, Santa Fe

The La Capital Department is an administrative subdivision of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It is located in the center-east of the province...

, Las Colonias

Las Colonias Department

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, and San Cristóbal

San Cristóbal Department

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. San Justo is thus one of only three provincial departments that do not share a border with another province.

The department has about 40,000 inhabitants, which are distributed in 18 districts. The head town is San Justo

San Justo, Santa Fe

San Justo is a city in the center region of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina, 99 km north from the provincial capital. It has about 22,000 inhabitants as of the and it is the head town of the San Justo Department....

(population 22,000). The others are Angeloni, Cayastacito, Colonia Dolores, Colonia Esther, Gobernador Crespo, La Camila, La Criolla, La Penca y Caraguatá, Marcelino Escalada, Naré, Pedro Gómez Cello, Ramayón, San Bernardo, San Martín Norte, Silva, Vera y Pintado, and Videla.