La Banda is a city in the

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Santiago del Estero Santiago del Estero (, Spanish for ''Saint-James-Upon-The-Lagoon'') is the capital of Santiago del Estero Province in northern Argentina. It has a population of 252,192 inhabitants, () making it the twelfth largest city in the country, with a surf ...

, Argentina. It has about 95,000 inhabitants as per the , making it the second largest in the province. It is the head town of the

Banda Department Banda Department ( es, Departamento Banda) is a department of Argentina in Santiago del Estero Province. The capital city of the department is situated in La Banda La Banda is a city in the province of Santiago del Estero, Argentina. It has abo ...

. La Banda is located only 8 km away from the provincial capital

, separated from it by the course of the Dulce River, which is crossed by two connecting bridges. The two cities form a

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with about 280,000 inhabitants. Close to it, the Dulce is turned into an artificial lake by the Los Quiroga Dam. Besides the access to National Route 9 through Santiago del Estero, the city is linked to Tucumán and to

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by a weekly

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service of the

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. La Banda is the birthplace of the infamous former provincial governor and ''

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History

La Banda emerged during the nineteenth century as a small agricultural town that supplied the neighboring city of Santiago del Estero. On September 16, 1912 La Banda was elevated to city status. The first Maternity Hospital in La Banda was built by Decree No. 928 Series, dated 1941.La Banda Diario (in Spanish)
La maternidad de La Banda
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Access to La Banda

* West Access 1: "Puente Carretero", through National Route RN 64 : Main entrance to the city, and most of the provincial traffic National Route RN 9 from Jujuy, Salta and Tucuman and RN 64 from Catamarca, to the junction with RN 34 to Rosario and Buenos Aires. * West Access 2: "Puente Nuevo", by the "Autopista Santiago - La Banda". * South Access: RN 34, for traffic going south. * Access: by RP 5, from the Departamentos Figueroa y Alberdi. * Access Northeast: RP 11 from Clodomira, La Aurora, Las Delicias. * Northwest Access: RP 8 from Los Quiroga, Los Acosta, Chaupi Pozo, Ardiles. * Southwest Access: by MOP 1, from La Bajada, Los Romanos, Los Pereyra, Brea Pozo.

Basketball

La Banda is home to

Ciclista Olímpico Club Ciclista Olímpico La Banda, also known as simply Ciclista Olímpico, is an Argentine sports club based in La Banda, Santiago del Estero. The club is mostly known for its basketball team, which currently plays in the Liga Nacional de Básquet ...

, member of the national

Liga Nacional de Básquet The Liga Nacional de Básquet (abbreviated LNB, and literally in English, "National Basketball League"), also commonly referred to as "La Liga de Básquet" ("The Basketball League"), is the top-tier level of the Argentine basketball league system ...

and the international

Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol The Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol (LSB), or FIBA Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol (Portuguese: ''Liga Sul-Americana de Basquete'', English: ''South American Basketball League''), also commonly known as FIBA South American League, is the secon ...

. The team plays its home games at the ''Vicente Rosales'' arena.

Notable people from La Banda

René Houseman René Orlando Houseman (19 July 1953 – 22 March 2018), nicknamed ''Loco'', was an Argentine footballer, who played as a winger (association football), right winger. At the beginning of his career, Houseman was considered successor of legendary ...

(1953–2018), Argentine Footballer *

(1916–2010), Argentine politician, governor of Santiago del Estero *

Rubén Marino Navarro Rubén Navarro (30 March 1933 – 14 July 2003) was an Argentine association football player. He is mainly remembered for winning two consecutive Copa Libertadores titles with Independiente (1964, 1965). Club career Born in La Banda in the San ...

(1933–2003), Argentine footballer

References

External links

Municipality of La Banda
— Official website (in Spanish). * {{Authority control Populated places in Santiago del Estero Province Cities in Argentina