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| Divisions | 23 departments | ||
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| Capital | Salta | ||
| Area | 155,488 km² (60,034 sq mi) | ||
| Population | 1,079,051 (2001) | ||
| Density | 6. Departments (departamentos form the second level of administrative division in the Provinces of Argentina. For the village in Bangladesh see Salta Bangladesh. Salta is a city in northwestern Argentina and the capital city of the Salta Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. 94 /km² (18 /sq mi) | ||
| Governor | Juan Manuel Urtubey | ||
| - Senators | Juan Carlos Romero, Juan Perez Alsina, Sonia Escudero | ||
| ISO 3166-2 code | AR-A | ||
| Demonym | Salteño | ||
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| Website: http://www.salta.gov.ar | |||
Salta is a province of Argentina, located in the northwest of the country. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. Juan Manuel Urtubey (born 6 September 1969) is an Argentine politician formerly a senior figure in the ruling Front for Victory faction Juan Carlos Romero (born 16 November 1950) is an Argentine Justicialist Party politician a senator and formerly governor of Salta Juan Agustín Pérez Alsina is an Argentine politician for the Salta Renewal Party. Sonia Margarita Escudero (b 14 December 1953, Salta) is an Argentine Justicialist Party politician ISO 3166-2AR is an ISO standard which defines Geocodes it is the subset of ISO 3166-2 which applies to Argentina. Regions See also Geography of Argentina The country is also divided into six or seven regions (seven when The Pampas is divided into the Pampas' plains For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. Neighboring provinces are from the east clockwise Formosa, Chaco, Santiago del Estero, Tucumán and Catamarca. Formosa Province is in northeastern Argentina, part of the Gran Chaco Region Chaco is an Argentine province located on the north of the country near the border with Paraguay. Santiago del Estero is a province of Argentina, located in the north of the country Tucumán is a province of Argentina, located in the northwest of the country Catamarca is a province of Argentina, located in the northwest of the country It also borders Jujuy. Jujuy is a province of Argentina, located in the extreme northwest of the country at the borders with Chile and Bolivia. To the north it borders Bolivia and Paraguay and to the west lies Chile. The Republic of Bolivia (República de Bolivia) named after Simón Bolívar, is a Landlocked country in central South America. Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay ( Spanish: República del Paraguay; Guaraní: Tetã Paraguái) is one of the only Chile, officially the Republic of Chile ( Spanish:) is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow Coastal strip wedged between the
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History
Before the arrival of the Spanish conquest, numerous native inhabitants currently referred to as Diaguitas and Calchaquíes lived in the valleys of the Salta Province. The Spanish colonization of the Americas was Spain 's conquest settlement and rule over much of the Western hemisphere. The Diaguita, also called Diaguita-Calchaquí, are a group of South American indigenous peoples. The Calchaquí were a tribe of South American Indians of the Diaguita group now extinct who formerly occupied northern Argentina. These included many different tribes, such as the Quilmes and Humahuacas, all of which shared the Cacán language. The Quilmes people were an indigenous tribe of the Diaguita group settled in the western subandean valleys of today’s Tucumán province in The Atacamas in the Puna, and the Wichís (Matacos) near the Chaco Province. The Altiplano ( Spanish for high plain) where the Andes are at their widest is the most extensive area of High plateau on earth outside The Wichí are an indigenous people of South America. They are a large group of tribes ranging about the headwaters of the Bermejo River and the Pilcomayo River Chaco is an Argentine province located on the north of the country near the border with Paraguay.
The first conquistador to adventure to the area was Diego de Almagro in 1535, followed by Diego de Rojas. This article is about the Spanish explorer soldiers of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuriesfor other uses see Conquistador (disambiguation A Conquistador Diego de Almagro ( Almagro, Spain, c 1475 &ndash Cuzco, Peru, July 8, 1538) also known as El Adelantado In 1582 San Felipe de Lerma was founded by Hernando de Lerma after orders of viceroy Francisco de Toledo, Count of Oropesa, but the name of he city was soon changed to San Felipe de Salta In 1650 the city had around 500 inhabitants. Hernando de Lerma (born November 1, 1541) was a conqueror Politician, Lawyer and city founder from Seville, Spain. Francisco de Toledo Count of Oropesa, ( July 10, 1515, Oropesa Spain &mdash1584 Seville) was Spanish viceroy of Peru from
Within the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata is created the intendency of Salta del Tucumán. The Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata was the last and most shortlived Viceroyalty created by Spain in 1776 In 1774 San Ramón de La Nueva Orán is founded as a nexus between Salta and Tarija, the later added to the intendency in 1807. For the village in Bangladesh see Salta Bangladesh. Salta is a city in northwestern Argentina and the capital city of the Salta In 1783, due to the importance of the city, the capital of the intendency of Salta del Tucumán is moved from Tucumán to Salta. Year 1783 ( MDCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or San Miguel de Tucumán (usually referred to as simply Tucumán) is the largest City in northern Argentina, with a population of 525853 per the.
After the battle of Salta in 1813 the territory was freed form Spain, but occasional attacks were still driven from the Viceroyalty of Peru until 1826. Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Created in 1542 the Viceroyalty of Peru (in Spanish, Virreinato del Perú) was a Spanish colonial administrative district that originally contained most of Spanish-ruled For the game see 1826 (board game. Year 1826 ( MDCCCXXVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display Gervasio de Posadas creates in 1814 the Salta Province, covering the current provinces of Salta, Jujuy, part of the South of Bolivia and the North of the Chile. Year 1814 ( MDCCCXIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Jujuy is a province of Argentina, located in the extreme northwest of the country at the borders with Chile and Bolivia. The Republic of Bolivia (República de Bolivia) named after Simón Bolívar, is a Landlocked country in central South America. Chile, officially the Republic of Chile ( Spanish:) is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow Coastal strip wedged between the
Due to some internal conflicts after the Argentine independence, Bolivia annexed Tarija in 1826. This article is about the History of Argentina. See also History of South America, History of Latin America, History of the Americas, and The Independence of Argentina was declared on July 9 1816 by the Congress of Tucumán. For the game see 1826 (board game. Year 1826 ( MDCCCXXVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display In 1834 Jujuy separates from Salta and becomes a province of its own. In 1900 Salta loses Yacuiba to Bolivia. Yacuíba is a city in southern Bolivia and the capital city of Gran Chaco Province in the Tarija Department.
The National Government of Los Andes, constituted in 1902, and its capital San Antonio de Los Cobres became once again part of the Salta Province in 1943 as Los Andes Department and San Antonio de Los Cobres as its capital city. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Geography and climate
To the West, the Puna's arid high plains with salty lakes (Arizaro, Pocitos) has few inhabitants, and its main city is San Antonio de los Cobres. Calchaquí Valleys ( Valles Calchaquíes) is a valley in the northwestern region of Argentina that crosses the provinces of Catamarca Cafayate is a town located at the central zone of the Valles Calchaquíes in the province of Salta, Argentina. The Altiplano ( Spanish for high plain) where the Andes are at their widest is the most extensive area of High plateau on earth outside
High snowy Andean peaks (Acay, Cachi and Chañi) lower to the North-east and hold valleys such as Quebrada del Toro, Valles Calchaquíes and the Lerma Valley. The Andes form the world's longest exposed Mountain range. They lie as a continuous chain of highland along the western coast of South America. Calchaquí Valleys ( Valles Calchaquíes) is a valley in the northwestern region of Argentina that crosses the provinces of Catamarca This is the most densely inhabited area, and where the Salta city is found. For the village in Bangladesh see Salta Bangladesh. Salta is a city in northwestern Argentina and the capital city of the Salta The climate of the area is of hot summers (average of 23 °C with peaks of 40 °C) and cold winters with temperatures well below freezing point. The Celsius Temperature scale was previously known as the centigrade scale.
To the east, near the Gran Chaco area, the more humid subtropical climate is home to the Yungas jungle in the El Rey National Park. The Gran Chaco ( Quechua chaqu, "hunting land" dubbed by some as "the last South American frontier" is a sparsely populated hot and Yungas is an area in the eastern piedmont of the Andes Mountains, primarily in Bolivia. The El Rey National Park ( http//wwwparquenacionalelreycomar)is a National park of Argentina, located in the Anta Department province of Salta
The main rivers of the province are the Pilcomayo, Bermejo and the Juramento, which later becomes the Salado River. Río Pilcomayo is a river in the central parts of South America, longest western tributary of the Paraguay River, and its watershed extends across 270000 km² The Bermejo River is a river in South America that travels a total of 1450 km from Bolivia to the Paraguay River in Argentina. For other rivers in Argentina named Salado see here The Salado River (in Spanish Río Salado, literally "Salty Salta Province is located at a geologically active region, and suffers from occasional earthquakes. An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth 's crust that creates Seismic waves Earthquakes are recorded with a Seismometer Fairly destructive were the ones that occurred in 1692 and 1948. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Economy
Agriculture and its derived industry are the main activity of the province. Tobacco, sugar cane and viticulture are the most important and produce most of the exports from the area. Tobacco is an Agricultural product recognized as an addictive drug processed from the fresh Leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana. Sugarcane ( Saccharum) is a genus of 6 to 37 species (depending on taxonomic interpretation of tall perennial grasses (family Poaceae tribe Andropogoneae Viticulture (from the Latin word for Vine) is the Science, production and study of Grapes which deals with the series of Other crops mostly for local consumption are maize, beans, citrus, bananas, and tomatoes. Maize (ˈmeɪz ( Zea mays L. ssp mays) known as corn in some countries is a cereal grain domesticated in Mesoamerica Bean is a common name for large plant Seeds of several genera of the family Fabaceae (formerly Leguminosae used for human food or animal Citrus is a common term and Genus of Flowering plants in the family Rutaceae, originating in tropical and subtropical southeast regions of For the fruit see Banana. For other meanings see Banana (disambiguation. The tomato ( Solanum lycopersicum, syn Lycopersicon lycopersicum) is a herbaceous usually sprawling plant in the Solanaceae or nightshade family The sugar cane is processed in plants in Salta before it is sent to the rest of Argentina and other countries. The plant in San Martín de Tabacal is the most important of them. The famous wines of the Valles Calchaquíes region near Cafayate are produced in numerous vineyards of diverse sizes (mainly Torrontés, Malbec and Cabernet Sauvignon). Calchaquí Valleys ( Valles Calchaquíes) is a valley in the northwestern region of Argentina that crosses the provinces of Catamarca Cafayate is a town located at the central zone of the Valles Calchaquíes in the province of Salta, Argentina. A vineyard is a Plantation of Grape -bearing Vines grown mainly for Winemaking, but also Raisins Table grapes and non-alcoholic Torrontes is the characteristic white wine grape of Argentina, producing fresh aromatic white wines Malbec is a variety of Grape used in making Red wine. The grapes tend to have an inky dark colour and robust Tannins Long known as one of the Cabernet Sauvignon is one of the world's most widely recognized red Wine grape varieties.
Hydrocarbon extraction from the Tartagal, Aguas Blancas, Madrejones and Campo Durán centres is transported to Buenos Aires and Rosario by pipes. Buenos Aires is the Capital and largest city of Argentina. It is geographically located on the southern shore of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern Campo Durán also has an oil refinery located in the province. Mining includes sulfur extraction at the La Casualidad mine, and uranium at Iruya, La Poma and San Carlos. Sulfur or sulphur (ˈsʌlfɚ see spelling below) is the Chemical element that has the Atomic number 16 Uranium (jʊˈreɪniəm is a silvery-gray Metallic Chemical element in the
American breeds of cattle are raised only on the humid sub-tropical east, along with some sheep and goats. Cattle, colloquially referred to as cows, are domesticated Ungulates a member of the Subfamily Bovinae of the family The domestic goat ( Capra aegagrus hircus) is a subspecies of goat Domesticated from the Wild goat of Southwest Asia and Eastern Europe
Tourism
The Salta Province is home to a number of natural, social and historic attractions. For the village in Bangladesh see Salta Bangladesh. Salta is a city in northwestern Argentina and the capital city of the Salta
The city of Salta "La Linda" ("The beautiful") is both an important tourist destination, and the centre point for visiting the rest of the province. For the village in Bangladesh see Salta Bangladesh. Salta is a city in northwestern Argentina and the capital city of the Salta The city holds different attractions; among them are her colonial houses and cathedral, and the Museo de Arqueología de Alta Montaña de Salta that holds the 3 frozen Inca mummies found at the 6,700 meters of the Llullaillaco volcano. The Inca Empire (or Inka Empire) was the largest empire in Pre-Columbian America. A mummy is a Corpse whose Skin and Flesh have been preserved by either intentional or Incidental exposure to Chemicals extreme Llullaillaco is a Stratovolcano at the border of Argentina ( Salta Province) and Chile.
Also from Salta, the Tren a las nubes crosses canyons and cliffs before arriving to the 3,775 metres (12,500 feet) of San Antonio de los Cobres. The Tren de las Nubes or Tren a las Nubes (Train of/to the Clouds is a train service in Salta Province of Argentina, that connects The red-rock formations of the Valles Calchaquíes and the wine-town of Cafayate are the second most visited place in the province. Calchaquí Valleys ( Valles Calchaquíes) is a valley in the northwestern region of Argentina that crosses the provinces of Catamarca Cafayate is a town located at the central zone of the Valles Calchaquíes in the province of Salta, Argentina. Many visit the Cachi mountain and the villages (such as Payogasta) around it. Cachi is a small city in Salta Province Argentina It is the capital of the Cachi Department.
There are 3 national parks in Salta: El Rey National Park in the Yungas jungle, Baritú National Park and Los Cardones National Park. The National Parks of Argentina make up a network of 29 National parks in Argentina. The El Rey National Park ( http//wwwparquenacionalelreycomar)is a National park of Argentina, located in the Anta Department province of Salta Yungas is an area in the eastern piedmont of the Andes Mountains, primarily in Bolivia. The Baritú National Park is a National park of Argentina, located in the Santa Victoria Department in the north of the province of Salta The Los Cardones National Park is a National park of Argentina, located in the center-west of the province of Salta, within the San Carlos
Political division
The province is divided in 23 departments (Spanish: departamentos). Departments (departamentos form the second level of administrative division in the Provinces of Argentina.
Department (Capital)
- Anta (Joaquín Víctor González)
- Cachi (Cachi)
- Cafayate (Cafayate)
- Capital (Salta)
- Cerrillos (Cerrillos)
- Chicoana (Chicoana)
- General Güemes (General Güemes)
- General San Martín (Tartagal)
- Guachipas (Guachipas)
- Iruya (Iruya)
- La Poma (La Poma)
- La Caldera (La Caldera)
- La Candelaria (La Candelaria)
- La Viña (La Viña)
- Los Andes (San Antonio de los Cobres)
- Metán (San José de Metán)
- Molinos (Molinos)
- Orán (San Ramón de la Nueva Orán)
- Rivadavia (Rivadavia)
- Rosario de la Frontera (Rosario de la Frontera)
- Rosario de Lerma (Rosario de Lerma)
- San Carlos (San Carlos)
- Santa Victoria (Santa Victoria)
See also
External links
- Official Page (Spanish)
- Tourist Secretary (Spanish)
- Salta (Spanish)
- Nuevo Diario de Salta (Spanish)
- Universidad Nacional de Salta (Spanish)
- Welcome Salta
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