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Santiago del Estero is the capital of Santiago del Estero Province in northern Argentina. This is a list of cities in Argentina. For a more exhaustive list of cities in a particular province see the main article linked to in each applicable section For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. 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 Santiago del Estero is a province of Argentina, located in the north of the country Departments (departamentos form the second level of administrative division in the Provinces of Argentina. In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology A demonym or gentilic is a word that denotes the members of a People or the inhabitants of a place Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International The term above mean sea level ( AMSL) refers to the Elevation (on the ground or Altitude (in the Air) of any object relative to the The Argentine postal code is a system that assigns at least one unique alphanumeric Postal code to each Municipality. ISO 3166-2AR is an ISO standard which defines Geocodes it is the subset of ISO 3166-2 which applies to Argentina. A telephone numbering plan is a plan for allocating Telephone number ranges to countries regions areas and exchanges and to non-fixed telephone networks General phone calls within Argentina In Argentina, changes were made to area codes in 1999 when the telephone network was split up into three different areas with A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning "greater" is a modern title used in many countries for the highest ranking officer in a municipal government A political party is a Political organization that seeks to attain and maintain political power within Government, usually by participating in electoral Santiago del Estero is a province of Argentina, located in the north of the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. It has a population of 244,733 inhabitants (2001 census [INDEC]) and a surface of 2,116 km². Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. A census is the procedure of acquiring information about every member of a given population National Statistics and Censuses Institute ( Spanish: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos, INDEC is the Argentine government agency responsible It lies on the Dulce River and on National Route 9, at a distance of 1,042 km north-northwest from Buenos Aires. The Dulce River (in Spanish Río Dulce, in Quechua Misky Mayu) is the most important river in the Argentine province National Route 9 (in Spanish Ruta Nacional 9) is a major road in Argentina, which runs from the center-east to the northwest of the country crossing the 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 Santiago del Estero is the oldest city founded by Spanish settlers in Argentina that still exists as such, estimated to be 455 years old, according to historical sources of Argentina. As such, it is nicknamed "Madre de Ciudades" (Mother of Cities), as it is the first city founded in the actual territory of Argentina.
The city houses the Universidad Nacional de Santiago del Estero, founded in 1973, and Universidad Católica, founded in 1960. Other points of interest include the city's Cathedral, the Santo Domingo Convent, and the Provincial Archeology Museum.
The Santiago del Estero Airport (IATA: SDE, ICAO: SANE) at coordinates is located 6 kilometres north of the city, and has regular flights to Buenos Aires and Tucumán. Vicecomodoro Ángel de la Paz Aragonés Airport (Aeropuerto de Santiago del Estero - Ángel de la Paz Aragonés is located 6 km (3 An IATA airport code, also known an IATA location identifier, IATA station code or simply a location identifier, is a three-letter code designating many The ICAO (ˌaɪˌkeɪˈoʊ Airport code or location indicator is a four-letter Alphanumeric Code designating each airport around 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 San Miguel de Tucumán (usually referred to as simply Tucumán) is the largest City in northern Argentina, with a population of 525853 per the.
The climate is subtropical with dry season — usually winter, and sometimes fall. It receives an average annual precipitation of 300 mm, and the climate is warm and dry
Santiago del Estero and its region are home to about 100,000 speakers of the local variety of Quechua, making this the southernmost outpost of the language of the Incas. Quechua ( Runa Simi) is a Native American language of South America. This is one of the few indigenous languages surviving in modern Argentina.
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History
After a series of exploratory expeditions from Chile since 1543, Santiago del Estero del Nuevo Maestrazgo was founded on July 25, 1553 by Francisco de Aguirre (although some historians consider that its real foundation was in 1550). Chile, officially the Republic of Chile ( Spanish:) is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow Coastal strip wedged between the Events 285 - Diocletian appoints Maximian as Caesar, co-ruler Francisco de Aguirre may refer to Francisco de Aguirre (conquistador, Spanish conquistador of Chile Francisco de Aguirre (painter, Spanish It is the oldest city in Argentina, but except for several churches, it preserves little of its former colonial architecture. American colonial architecture includes several building design styles associated with the colonial period of the United States including First Period English (late-medieval
The city was the capital of the Intendency of Tucumán during the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata, and first seat of its bishop; those were later moved to Salta and Córdoba respectively. The Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata was the last and most shortlived Viceroyalty created by Spain in 1776 For the village in Bangladesh see Salta Bangladesh. Salta is a city in northwestern Argentina and the capital city of the Salta Córdoba, abbreviated as CBA, is a city located near the geographical center of Argentina, in the foothills of the Sierras Chicas mountains on the
Santiago del Estero stands in the middle of an extensive but largely semi-arid agricultural region. Originally a forest area, their forests were exhausted by timber industries of British capital during the 19th century. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located
During the late 20th Century, Santiago del Estero and the surrounding province were one of the poorer regions of Argentina. In 1993, the city made international headlines when rioting erupted around the governor's mansion. What began as a protest by government workers who had not been paid in 3 months, soon grew to 4,000 demonstrators who burned cars, sacked and burned government buildings and even invaded the homes of prominent politicians. [1]
Culture
Some important figures related to the history of Santiago del Estero are Colonel Juan Francisco Borges, leader of the Independence War (ancestor of writer Jorge Luis Borges), the 19th-century painter Felipe Taboada, as well as the revolutionary leaders Mario Roberto Santucho|Mario Roberto and Francisco René Santucho, founders of the Partido Revolucionario de los Trabajadores (Workers' Revolutionary Party, PRT) and the Ejército Revolucionario del Pueblo (People's Revolutionary Army, ERP). The Argentine War of Independence was fought from 1810 to 1818 by Argentine forces under Manuel Belgrano and José de San Martín against royalist forces loyal
In the field of the arts, the town has provided important representatives, such as Ramon Gómez Cornet, Carlos Sánchez Gramajo, Alfredo Gogna, Ricardo and Rafael Touriño in plastic arts and Jorge Washington Ábalos, Bernardo Canal Feijóo, Clementina Rosa Quenel, Alberto Tasso, Carlos Virgilio Zurita and Julio Carreras (h) in literature. Julio Carreras (h (born August 19, 1949) is an Argentine writer (author of 12 books and former guerrilla fighter
Santiago's musical heritage is one of the most important cultural aspects of the city, with typical folklore chacarera and zamba. Chacarera is a folk Dance and Music originated in the northwest of Argentina and in the south of Bolivia in the 19th century Zamba is a style of Argentine music and an associated dance Zamba is very different from its Homophone, the Samba - musically rhythmically temperamentally Some renowned artists and groups include the Manseros Santiagueños, Alfredo Ábalos, Jacinto Piedra and Raly Barrionuevo.
Notes
- ^ "Santiago del Estero Journal; With Fire and Fury, Argentine Poor Make a Point" New York Times. December 22, 1993.
See also
External links
- Santiago del Estero Culture, art, myths: in Spanish. The 1817 Santiago del Estero earthquake was a seismic movement that took place in the province of Santiago del Estero, Argentina, on 4 July
- Municipality of Santiago del Estero
- Municipal info
- Municipal information: Municipal Affairs Federal Institute (IFAM), Municipal Affairs Secretariat, Ministry of Interior, Argentina.
- Historia de Santiago del Estero
- Universidad Nacional de Santiago del Estero
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