The provincial subdivision has a total area of 14,750 km2, and its capital city is José de San Martín, which is located around 1,870 km from the Capital federal.

According to INDEC estimates for June 2008, the population of the department reached 5.498 inhabitants.

[1] Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas y Censos (INDEC).

The economic activities carried out are services, but the main economic activity is still sheep farming.

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