Departments ( Spanish : departamentos ) form the second level of administrative division (below the provinces ), and are subdivided in municipalities . They are extended in all of Argentina except for the Province of Buenos Aires and the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires , the national capital, each of which has different administrative arrangements (respectively partidos and comunas ).
2-739: Río Primero Department is a department of Córdoba Province in Argentina . The provincial subdivision has a population of about 42,429 inhabitants in an area of 6,753 km, and its capital city is Santa Rosa de Río Primero . This article about a place in Córdoba Province , Argentina is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Departments of Argentina Except in La Rioja , Mendoza , and San Juan Provinces, departments have no executive authorities or assemblies of their own. However, they serve as territorial constituencies for
4-509: The election of members of the legislative bodies of most provinces. For example, in Santa Fe Province , each department returns one senator to the provincial senate. In Tucumán Province , on the other hand, where legislators are elected by zone (Capital, East, West) the departments serve only as districts for the organization of certain civil agencies, such as the police or the health system. There are 377 departments in all, not including
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