San Pedro de Jujuy is the second most populated city in the
province
A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman '' provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions ou ...
of
Jujuy
San Salvador de Jujuy (), commonly known as Jujuy and locally often referred to as San Salvador, is the capital and largest city of Jujuy Province in northwest Argentina. Also, it is the seat of the Doctor Manuel Belgrano Department. It lies near ...
, Argentina. It has 75,037 inhabitants since the , and is the head town of the
San Pedro Department. It lies in the southeast of the province, by
National Route 34, within the valley of the
San Francisco River, about 45 km east of the provincial capital
San Salvador de Jujuy
San Salvador de Jujuy (), commonly known as Jujuy and locally often referred to as San Salvador, is the capital and largest city of Jujuy Province in northwest Argentina. Also, it is the seat of the Doctor Manuel Belgrano Department. It lies near ...
.
The area has a humid subtropical climate that favours crops such as
sugarcane and
tobacco
Tobacco is the common name of several plants in the genus '' Nicotiana'' of the family Solanaceae, and the general term for any product prepared from the cured leaves of these plants. More than 70 species of tobacco are known, but the ...
, which are the basis of the regional economy.
References
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Populated places in Jujuy Province
Cities in Argentina
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