For administrative purposes, each department has a head town (cabecera), which may be either kind of district.

Its head town is the city of Reconquista (population 66,000).

It was declared the head town of its department in 1884.

The head town is San Salvador, which has a population of 13,228.

Its head town is the city of Casilda (population 32,000).

It is the head town and the only city in the partido of the same name.

It is the head town of the department of the same name, which has a population of about 52,000.

Its head town is the city of Rafaela (population 84,000).

It is the head town of the department of the same name.

It its head town was the city of Parral.