Administrative Division
The province is divided into 19 departments (in Spanish, departamentos), and the departments are divided in districts which can be organized as communes or municipalities. The communes are smaller towns, generally administered by a local commission led by a "communal president". The municipalities, which must have more than 10,000 inhabitants, are what is commonly called "cities". Municipalities have an executive officer (a mayor, called intendente) and a legislative body (called Concejo Municipal, a deliberative council). For administrative purposes, each department has a head town (cabecera), which may be either kind of district.
| Department | Population | Area | Head town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgrano | 41,449 | 2,386 km2 (921 sq mi) | Las Rosas |
| Caseros | 79,096 | 3,449 km2 (1,332 sq mi) | Casilda |
| Castellanos | 162,165 | 6,600 km2 (2,500 sq mi) | Rafaela |
| Constitución | 83,045 | 3,225 km2 (1,245 sq mi) | Villa Constitución |
| Garay | 19,913 | 3,964 km2 (1,531 sq mi) | Helvecia |
| General López | 182,113 | 11,558 km2 (4,463 sq mi) | Melincué |
| General Obligado | 166,436 | 10,928 km2 (4,219 sq mi) | Reconquista |
| Iriondo | 65,486 | 3,184 km2 (1,229 sq mi) | Cañada de Gómez |
| La Capital | 489,505 | 3,055 km2 (1,180 sq mi) | Santa Fe |
| Las Colonias | 95,202 | 6,439 km2 (2,486 sq mi) | Esperanza |
| Nueve de Julio | 28,273 | 16,870 km2 (6,510 sq mi) | Tostado |
| Rosario | 1,121,441 | 1,890 km2 (730 sq mi) | Rosario |
| San Cristóbal | 64,935 | 14,850 km2 (5,730 sq mi) | San Cristóbal |
| San Javier | 29,912 | 6,929 km2 (2,675 sq mi) | San Javier |
| San Jerónimo | 77,253 | 4,282 km2 (1,653 sq mi) | Coronda |
| San Justo | 40,379 | 5,575 km2 (2,153 sq mi) | San Justo |
| San Lorenzo | 142,097 | 1,867 km2 (721 sq mi) | San Lorenzo |
| San Martín | 60,698 | 4,860 km2 (1,880 sq mi) | Sastre |
| Vera | 51,303 | 21,096 km2 (8,145 sq mi) | Vera |
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