Capital is a department located in
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 Bolivi ...
,
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 List of South American countries by area, second-largest ...
. 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,
General Güemes,
Metán,
La Viña,
Chicoana,
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, ...
.
;Towns and municipalities:
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Salta (535,060 inh.)
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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 sou ...
(4,915 inh.)
See also
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Tren a las Nubes
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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 Ch ...
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Martín Miguel de Güemes International Airport
Martín Miguel de Güemes International Airport ( es, link=no, Aeropuerto Internacional de Salta "Martín Miguel de Güemes") is located southwest of the center of Salta, capital city of Salta Province, in Argentina. The airport covers an area ...
References
External links
Capital Department on Salta Province website
{{Departments Salta
Departments of Salta Province