title: San Fernando Department
text: # San Fernando Department
  
  San Fernando is a department of Chaco Province in Argentina.
  
  The provincial subdivision has a population of about 365,000 inhabitants in an area of 3,489 km², and its capital city is Resistencia, which is also the provincial capital. It located around 1,020 km from the Capital federal.
  
  ## Municipalities
  
  The department consists of 5 first-level municipalities:
  
  * Barranqueras
  * Basail
  * Fontana
  * Puerto Vilelas
  * Resistencia (capital)
  
  ## Villages
  
  * El Paranacito
  