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San Miguel de Tucumán
Province Tucumán
Department Capital
Location 26°49′ S 65°13′ W
Elevation 450 m AMSL
Area 90 km²
Population 525,853
Demonym tucumano
CPA base T4000
Phone code +54 381
Mayor Domingo Amaya
Party Justicialist Party

San Miguel de Tucumán (usually referred to as simply Tucumán) is the largest city in northern Argentina, with a population of 525,853 per the 2001 census [INDEC]. 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 Tucumán is a province of Argentina, located in the northwest of the country Departments (departamentos form the second level of administrative division in the Provinces of Argentina. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. 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 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 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 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 The Justicialist Party ( Spanish: Partido Justicialista, PJ) is a Peronist political party in Argentina, and the largest component A city is an Urban area with a large Population and a particular Administrative, Legal, or Historical status For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. 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 The metropolitan area totals 806,000, making it the fifth-largest in the country. A metropolitan area is a large population center consisting of a large Metropolis and its adjacent zone of influence or of more than one closely adjoining neighboring central It is the capital of the province of Tucumán. Tucumán is a province of Argentina, located in the northwest of the country It was founded in 1565 by Spanish Diego de Villarroel travelling south from Peru and was moved to the present site in 1685. Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Peru (Perú Piruw Piruw officially the Republic of Peru ( reˈpuβlika del peˈɾu is a country in western South America.

The city is bordered on the north by Las Talitas (Tafí Viejo), on the east by Banda del Río Salí and Alderetes (Cruz Alta), on the west by the city of Yerba Buena, and on the south by Lules. Banda del Río Salí is a city in the Tucumán Province, Argentina. The city of Alderetes (incorporated as such on September 1 1987 is a city in the Cruz Alta Department, Tucumán Province, Argentina. Yerba Buena is the capital of the Yerba Buena Department in the province of Tucumán, Argentina.

The city sits on the slopes of the Aconquija mountains, the easternmost mountain range before the large Chaco-Pampean flats. The Gran Chaco ( Quechua chaqu, "hunting land" dubbed by some as "the last South American frontier" is a sparsely populated hot and Laguna de Gomezjpg|thumb|left|240px|Lake Gomez near Junín in the heart of the Pampas grain belt It is the commercial center of an irrigated area that produces large quantities of sugarcane, rice, tobacco, and fruit, and provides the province with its nickname, the Garden of the Republic. Sugarcane ( Saccharum) is a genus of 6 to 37 species (depending on taxonomic interpretation of tall perennial grasses (family Poaceae tribe Andropogoneae Rice is a Cereal foodstuff which forms an important part of the diet of many people worldwide and as such it is a staple food for many Tobacco is an Agricultural product recognized as an addictive drug processed from the fresh Leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana. The term fruit has different meanings dependent on context and the term is not synonymous in Food preparation and Biology. The National University of Tucumán (1914) and the Saint Thomas Aquinas University of the North (1965) are in the city. The National University of Tucumán ( Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, UNT is a National university in the Tucumán Province, in the northwest region Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The Universidad del Norte de Santo Tomás de Aquino ( Saint Thomas Aquinas North University, UNSTA is a Catholic University located in San Miguel Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar.

On July 9, 1816 a congress gathered in Tucumán declared the independence from Spain, which did not officially recognize it until 1862. Events 455 - Roman military commander Avitus is proclaimed Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Year 1816 ( MDCCCXVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year The Congress of Tucumán was the representative assembly of the United Provinces of the River Plate formed in 1816 initially meeting in Tucumán. Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Year 1862 was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Monday The meeting place of the congress, the House of Tucumán, has been reconstructed as a national monument. The House of Tucumán (in Spanish, officially Casa Histórica de la Independencia, informally Casa de Tucumán) is a historical building and museum located

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Tourist attractions

Government house
Government house

Cultural Life and Education

Night view of the metropolitan area
Night view of the metropolitan area
The Cathedral at Sunset
The Cathedral at Sunset
Tucumán: Colonial-Style door
Tucumán: Colonial-Style door
Tucumán: La Merced Church
Tucumán: La Merced Church
Tucumán: 9 de Julio Park
Tucumán: 9 de Julio Park

For decades, San Miguel de Tucumán has been one of the most outstanding cultural spots in the country, in part, due to the influence of the prestigious National University of Tucumán. The National University of Tucumán ( Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, UNT is a National university in the Tucumán Province, in the northwest region It has been the birthplace and/or the home of well-known personalities such as folk singer Mercedes Sosa, writer Tomas Eloy Martínez, musician Miguel Ángel Estrella, botanist Miguel Lillo, painter Luis Lobo de la Vega, and many others. Mercedes Sosa (born 9 July 1935) is an Argentine singer immensely popular throughout Latin America. Tomás Eloy Martínez (born July 16, 1934 in Tucumán) is an Argentine journalist and writer

Two large theaters (San Martín and Alberdi) and several smaller and independent theaters offer a wide array of events, including plays, concerts, operas, and ballet, all year round. The Septiembre Musical is by far the most important cultural event during the year. This music festival, generally held at the Independencia Square, brings together several local and national artists who perform different musical styles ranging from folk music to rock.

There are two public universities in the city, the National University of Tucumán and the National Technological University, and a private one, the Saint Thomas Aquinas University of the North. The National University of Tucumán ( Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, UNT is a National university in the Tucumán Province, in the northwest region The National Technological University ( Spanish: Universidad Tecnológica Nacional, UTN is a National university of Argentina, which specializes The Universidad del Norte de Santo Tomás de Aquino ( Saint Thomas Aquinas North University, UNSTA is a Catholic University located in San Miguel

Transportation

The city is served by several bus lines that have routes within the city limits and some others that connect it to the neighboring cities of Yerba Buena, El Manantial, Tafi Viejo, Las Talitas, Banda del Rio Salí and Alderetes.

The Benjamín Matienzo International Airport is the city's airport (though located 12 km east of the city, in the neighboring department of Cruz Alta) serving over 300,000 passengers a year. Teniente General Benjamín Matienzo International Airport is the international airport that serves Tucumán in the north of Argentina. There are daily flights to Buenos Aires, Córdoba and Santiago del Estero. 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 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 is the capital of Santiago del Estero Province in northern Argentina.

There is a weekly railway service to the Retiro station in Buenos Aires departing from the Bartolomé Mitre station located near downtown.

San Miguel de Tucumán boasts one of the largest bus stations in Argentina. The 30,000 m² "Terminal del Tucumán" (opened in 1994) is the point from where hundreds of bus services arrive from and depart to almost all of the largest and mid-size cities throughout the country. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar)

Media

San Miguel de Tucumán is home to two free-to-air television stations (Channel 8 and Channel 10), five newspapers (La Gaceta, El Siglo, El Periódico, El Tribuno and La Ciudad), three cable television companies (CCC, ATS, and TCC) and several radio stations. History Local programming Within a few months of beginning transmission Channel 8 aired its first newscast called 12 Minutos ( 12 Minutes) LW 83 TV Channel 10 Tucumán is one of the two free-to-air channels in the province of Tucumán, Argentina. Edificio la gaceta nochejpg|thumb|150px|right| La Gaceta Headquarters in San Miguel de Tucumán]] La Gaceta newspaper was founded in Tucumán, Argentina El Siglo is a newspaper edited in the city of San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucumán Province, Argentina.

Natives of Tucumán

External links

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