Añatuya is a 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
Santiago del Estero, Argentina. It has 23,286 inhabitants as per the , and is the head town of the
General Taboada Department. It lies on the southeast of the province, east of the
Salado River, and about 150 km from the provincial capital
Santiago del Estero.
La
Añatuya is the seat of the Catholic
Diocese of Añatuya, and it was the birthplace of the renowned
tango
Tango is a partner dance and social dance that originated in the 1880s along the Río de la Plata, the natural border between Argentina and Uruguay. The tango was born in the impoverished port areas of these countries as the result of a combina ...
composer
Homero Manzi and basketball player
Gabriel Deck.
Notable people
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María Elisa Castro (born 1954), politician
References
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Municipalities of the Taboada Department Santiago del Estero Province, official website.
Populated places in Santiago del Estero Province
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