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Graneros Department
Graneros Department is a department located in the southeast of the Tucuman Province, Argentina. As of the 2001 census, the department had a population of 13,063, making it the least populated department in the province. The town of Graneros is the departments seat.
Geography
Graneros has a total area of 1,678 km. Two rivers, Marapa and San Francisco, flow across the department and empty in the Rio Hondo Lake in the northeast end. There are hot springs in the Taco Ralo area.
Adjacent departments
Simoca Department north
Juan Bautista Alberdi Department west
La Cocha Department west
It also borders the provinces of Santiago del Estero in the east and Catamarca in the south.
Towns and communities
Arboles Grandes
Graneros
La Canada
Lamadrid
Sol de Mayo
Taco Ralo
Transportation infrastructure
Major highways
National Route 157
Tucuman Province Routes: 308 and 334.
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