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Capital Department, Salta
Capital is a department located in Salta Province, Argentina. It is the department of the provincial capital, the city of Salta, and the most populated one. Geography ;Overview The department is located in the middle of the province. It borders with the departments of La Caldera Department, La Caldera, General Güemes Department, Salta, General Güemes, Metán Department, Metán, La Viña Department, La Viña, Chicoana Department, Chicoana, Cerrillos Department, Cerrillos and Rosario de Lerma Department, Rosario de Lerma. ;Towns and municipalities: *Salta (535,060 inh.) *Villa San Lorenzo (4,915 inh.) See also *Tren a las Nubes *Salta–Antofagasta railway *Martín Miguel de Güemes International Airport References External links Capital Department on Salta Province website {{Departments Salta Departments of Salta Province ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salta
Salta () is the capital and largest city in the Argentine province of the same name. With a population of 618,375 according to the 2010 census, it is also the 7th most-populous city in Argentina. The city serves as the cultural and economic center of the Valle de Lerma Metropolitan Area (Spanish: ''Área Metropolitana del Valle de Lerma'', AMVL), which is home to over 50.9% of the population of Salta Province and also includes the municipalities of La Caldera, Vaqueros, Campo Quijano, Rosario de Lerma, Cerrillos, La Merced and San Lorenzo. Salta is the seat of the Capital Department, the most populous department in the province. History Salta was founded on April 16, 1582 by the Spanish conquistador Hernando de Lerma, who intended the settlement to be an outpost between Lima, Peru and Buenos Aires. The origin of the name ''Salta'' is a matter of conjecture, with several theories being advanced to explain it. During the war of independence, the city became a commercial an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Institute Of Statistics And Census Of Argentina
The National Institute of Statistics and Censuses ( es, link=no, Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos; INDEC) is an Argentine decentralized public body that operates within the Ministry of Economy, which exercises the direction of all official statistical activities carried out in the country. In February 2013, the International Monetary Fund censured Argentina for failing to report accurate inflation data. Political intervention in the INDEC figures ended, and the IMF declared in November 2016 that Argentine statistics were again in accordance with international standards. Definition The National Institute of Statistics and Census ( es, Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos, INDEC) is a public deconcentrated body, of a technical nature, within the scope of Argentina's National Ministry of Economy, and which runs all the official statistical activities carried out throughout the country. Its creation and operation are regulated bLaw 176221 executive order3110/ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salta Province
Salta () is a province of Argentina, located in the northwest of the country. Neighboring provinces are from the east clockwise Formosa, Chaco, Santiago del Estero, Tucumán and Catamarca. It also surrounds Jujuy. To the north it borders Bolivia and Paraguay and to the west lies Chile. History Before the Spanish conquest, numerous native peoples (now called Diaguitas and Calchaquíes) lived in the valleys of what is now Salta Province; they formed many different tribes, the Quilmes and Humahuacas among them, which all shared the Cacán language. The Atacamas lived in the Puna, and the Wichís (Matacos), in the Chaco region. The first conquistador to venture into the area was Diego de Almagro in 1535; he was followed by Diego de Rojas. Hernando de Lerma founded San Felipe de Lerma in 1582, following orders of the viceroy Francisco de Toledo, Count of Oropesa; the name of the city was soon changed to "San Felipe de Salta". By 1650, the city had around five hundred inhabitan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourth-largest country in the Americas, and the eighth-largest country in the world. It shares the bulk of the Southern Cone with Chile to the west, and is also bordered by Bolivia and Paraguay to the north, Brazil to the northeast, Uruguay and the South Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Drake Passage to the south. Argentina is a federal state subdivided into twenty-three provinces, and one autonomous city, which is the federal capital and largest city of the nation, Buenos Aires. The provinces and the capital have their own constitutions, but exist under a federal system. Argentina claims sovereignty over the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, and a part of Antarctica. The earliest recorded human prese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Caldera Department
La Caldera is a department located in Salta Province, Argentina. Towns and municipalities * La Caldera La Caldera is a small town and municipality in Salta Province in northwestern Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina c ... * Vaqueros * La Calderilla * Los Yacones * Potrero de Castilla References External links Departments Salta Province website {{Departments Salta Departments of Salta Province ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
General Güemes Department, Salta
General Güemes is a department located in Salta Province, Argentina. Towns and municipalities * General Güemes A general officer is an officer of high rank in the armies, and in some nations' air forces, space forces, and marines or naval infantry. In some usages the term "general officer" refers to a rank above colonel."general, adj. and n.". OED O ... * Campo Santo * El Bordo * Cobos * Cabeza de Buey * Palomitas * Betania * Cruz Quemada * El Salto * Km 1094 * Las Mesitas * Virgilio Tedin * Los Sauces References External links Departments of Salta Province website {{DEFAULTSORT:General Guemes Department, Salta Departments of Salta Province ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metán Department
Metán is a department located in Salta Province, in Argentina. With an area of it borders to the north with the departments of General Güemes and Anta, to the east with Anta, to the south with Santiago del Estero Province and Rosario de la Frontera Department, and to the west with Guachipas Department, La Viña Department, and Capital Department. History The department was created during the government of Manuel Solá (1859-1860) with territories ceded by the Rosario de la Frontera Department. ''Cámara de Diputados de la Provincia de Salta'' Towns and municipalities * San José de Metán *[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Viña Department
La Viña is a department located in Salta Province, in northwestern Argentina. With an area of it is one of the smallest departments of the province. It borders to the north with the departments of Cerrillos Department, Cerrillos, and Rosario de Lerma Department, Rosario de Lerma, to the east with Capital Department, Salta, Capital Department, to the south with La Viña Department and to the west with the departments of Cachi Department, Cachi and San Carlos Department, Salta, San Carlos. Towns and municipalities * Coronel Moldes * La Viña, Salta, La Viña * Ampascachi * Talapampa * Cabra Corral * El Carmen * Osma * Veinte de Febrero * Saladillo Hydrography The most important river in the department is the ''Guachipas'' also known in ots beginning as the ''Las Conchas''. It flows to Embalse Cabra Corral. References External links Departments of Salta Province website {{DEFAULTSORT:La Vina Department Departments of Salta Province ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chicoana Department
Chicoana is a department located in Salta Province, in northwestern Argentina. With an area of it is one of the smallest departments of the province. It borders to the north with the departments of Cerrillos, and Rosario de Lerma Rosario de Lerma is a town in the center of the province of Salta, Argentina. Overview It has 21,592 inhabitants as per the , and is the head town of the Rosario de Lerma Department Rosario de Lerma is a department located in Salta Province, ..., to the east with Capital Department, to the south with La Viña and to the west with the departments of Cachi and San Carlos. Towns and municipalities * Chicoana * El Carril * Escoipe * Viñaco * Calvimonte * Agua Negra * El Maray * El Nogalar * La Zanja * Pulares * San Fernando de Escoipe * San Martín * El moyar * Chivilme * Bella vista * Los Los * Peñaflor * Potrero de Díaz References External links Departments of Salta Province website {{Authority control Departments of Salta Prov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cerrillos Department
Cerrillos is a department of Salta Province, Argentina, located near Salta city. Its capital is the town of Cerrillos. Geography Localities and places: * Cerrillos * La Merced * San Agustín * Sumalao * Villa Los Álamos See also *Tren a las Nubes *Salta–Antofagasta railway The Salta–Antofagasta railway, also named Huaytiquina, is a non-electrified single track railway line that links Argentina and Chile passing through the Andes. It is a railway with a total length of 941 km (571 in Argentina and 330 in Chi ... References External links Cerrillos Department on Salta Province website Departments of Salta Province {{Salta-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosario De Lerma Department
Rosario de Lerma is a department located in Salta Province, Argentina. Its main settlements are Rosario de Lerma (the capital) and Campo Quijano. Geography Overview The department is located in the north-central side of the province, near the Andes, and includes part of the Puna de Atacama. It borders with Jujuy Province and the departments of La Caldera, Capital, Cerrillos, Chicoana, Cachi and La Poma. The territorial strip linking the northern and southern side of La Poma Department separates Rosario de Lerma from Los Andes Department. Places Towns and municipalities: * Rosario de Lerma (17,871 inh.) * Campo Quijano (7,274 inh.) * La Silleta (1,256 inh.) * Santa Rosa de Tastil (11 inh.) Other localities and places: * Abra Muñano * Alfarcito * Cachiñal * Chorrillos * Diego de Almagro * El Alisal * El Rosal * El Manzano * Gobernador Solá * Incahuasi * Incamayo * Ingeniero Maury * Las Cuevas * Manizales * Meseta * Puerta Tastil * San Bernardo de las ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Villa San Lorenzo
Villa San Lorenzo, commonly known simply as San Lorenzo, is a town and municipality in Salta Province in northwestern Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th .... References {{wikivoyage, San Lorenzo (Argentina) Populated places in Salta Province ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
