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 ).
3-529: Biedma is a department located in the north east of Chubut Province , on the Atlantic coast of Argentina . The spelling Viedma is also sometimes used, but the spelling Biedma is preferred, to distinguish the department from the city of Viedma in Río Negro Province . The provincial subdivision has a population of about 59,000 inhabitants in an area of 12,940 km, and its capital city
6-726: Is Puerto Madryn , which is located around 1,334 km from Buenos Aires . The main contributors to the economy of Biedma are tourism, fishing, farming and the production of Aluminium . Puerto Madryn is home to two football clubs; Club Social y Atlético Guillermo Brown , who play in Torneo Argentino A and Deportivo Madryn that currently play in Torneo Argentino B . 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
9-517: 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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