- Guasayán Department
Guasayán Department is a "departamento" of the province of Santiago del Estero,
Argentina .The region of small mountains in the west of the province has 2,588 km² (less than 2% of the province) and 7,404 inhabitants (census-ar|2001) (less than 1% of the province's population). Its capital is
San Pedro de Guasayán , with 1,715 inhabitants, located 124 kilometres fromSantiago del Estero , the provincial capital, on Provincial Route 64. Other villages include Lavalle, Guampaya and Villa Guasayán.http://www.sde.gov.ar/municipios/guasayan.php]The highest peak in the department is "Sinchi Caña" with 630 meters, and no river crosses its surface. According to some historians, the term "Guasayán" could mean "path behind the sierra", or "view from the heights". There are some ruins from the Native American inhabitants, especially near Villa Guasayán.
Diego de Rojas is said to have travelled through those lands around 1544. [ [http://www.elliberal.com.ar/secciones.php?nombre=home&file=verarchivo&id_noticia=05082819P Villa Guasayán ruins] ]References
External links
* [http://www.sde.gov.ar/municipios/guasayan.php Department's technical data - provincial site] sp icon
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