Trancas Department

Trancas
Department
Location of Trancas in Tucumán
Coordinates: 26°13′51″S 65°17′00″W / 26.230833°S 65.283333°WCoordinates: 26°13′51″S 65°17′00″W / 26.230833°S 65.283333°W
Country	Argentina
Province	Tucumán
Area
• Total	2,862 km^2 (1,105 sq mi)
	[1]
Population (2010)
• Total	17,541
• Density	6.1/km^2 (16/sq mi)
	[2]

Trancas is a department located in the northern part of Tucumán Province, Argentina. It is bounded to the west and north by Salta Province, on the east by the Department of Burruyacú, to the south by the Department of Tafi Viejo and to the southwest by the Department of Tafí del Valle. The headquarters is the town of Trancas.

Population

According to the 2010 Census, 17,541 people lived in the apartment people. This number made it the third least populated department of the province, after Barns and Tafi del Valle.^[3]

References

1. "Provincia según departamento. Población, superficie y densidad. Años 1991 y 2001". Retrieved 23 July 2010.
2. "Provincia según localidad. Población censada en 1991 y población por sexo en 2001.". Retrieved 2010-10-16.
3. "Provincia de Tucumán. Viviendas, población por sexo e índice de masculinidad, según departamento. Año 2010" Indec.gov