Libertador General San Martín is a town in

Jujuy Province Jujuy is a province of Argentina, located in the extreme northwest of the country, at the borders with Chile and Bolivia. The only neighboring Argentine province is Salta to the east and south. Geography There are three main areas in Jujuy: * ...

, Argentina, and capital of the

Ledesma Department Ledesma is a department of the province of Jujuy (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 i ...

, located on the National Route Nº34. The town was founded under the name of ''Pueblo Nuevo Ledesma'' in 1899, on an area donated by the owners of the Ledesma

sugar refinery A sugar refinery is a refinery which processes raw sugar from cane or beets into white refined sugar. Many cane sugar mills produce raw sugar, which is sugar that still contains molasses, giving it more colour (and impurities) than the white ...

. Two years later, the outline and later subdivision of the eight blocks surrounding the main square was made. In 1906 the railroad arrived, and the station was built half way from the town to the industrial centre. The area was enjoyed an economic expansion strengthened by the first Lebanese and

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n immigration. In 1950 the town was renamed after the Libertador General San Martín. Ledesma S.A.A.I. remains the town's largest employer. The firm maintains sugarcane plantations; fruit orchards, packaging and concentrate facilities; sugar, cellulose, and paper mills; and alcohol fuel facilities. Located on the banks of the San Francisco River, and only from the entrance to the

Calilegua National Park Calilegua National Park ( es, Parque Nacional Calilegua) is a federally protected area in Jujuy Province, Argentina.It was established on July 19, 1979, and houses a representative sample of the Southern Andean Yungas biodiversity in good state o ...

, tourism in the area has recently started to grow. Hot springs and trekking routes are some of the other touristic attractions available to the visitors.

Notable people

José María Paz Brigadier General José María Paz y Haedo (September 9, 1791 – October 22, 1854) was an Argentine military figure, notable in the Argentine War of Independence and the Argentine Civil Wars. Childhood Born in Córdoba, Argentina, the son ...

(born 1978), Argentine football player

References

External links

Visit San Martín''Libertador Hoy''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Libertador General San Martin, Jujuy Populated places in Jujuy Province Populated places established in 1899