The National University of Santiago del Estero ( es, Universidad Nacional de Santiago del Estero) is an
Argentine
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national university
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Some national universities are associated with national cultural or po ...
located in the capital of
Santiago del Estero Province
Santiago del Estero (), also known simply as Santiago, is a province in the north of Argentina. Neighboring provinces, clockwise from the north, are Salta, Chaco, Santa Fe, Córdoba, Catamarca and Tucumán.
History
The indigenous inhabitant ...
. Its 1973 establishment gathered the existing
Tucumán University school of
agronomy
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(1949) and the
Córdoba University forestry
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institute (1958), as well as new schools created for the purpose.
1973 establishments in Argentina
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 ...
Educational institutions established in 1973
Universities in Santiago del Estero Province
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