Añatuya is a city in the
province
A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''Roman province, provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire ...
of
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 ...
, Argentina. It has 23,286 inhabitants as per the , and is the head town of the
General Taboada Department
General Taboada Department ( es, Departamento General Taboada) is a department of Argentina in Santiago del Estero Province. The capital city of the department is situated in Añatuya
Añatuya is a city in the province of Santiago del Estero, A ...
. It lies on the southeast of the province, east of the
Salado River, and about 150 km from the provincial capital
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 ...
.
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
Homero Nicolás Manzione Prestera, better known as Homero Manzi (November 1, 1907 – May 3, 1951) was an Argentine tango lyricist, author of various famous tangos.
He was born on November 1 of 1907 in Añatuya (province of Santiago del Estero), ...
and basketball player
Gabriel Deck
Gabriel Alejandro "Gaby" Deck (born February 8, 1995) is an Argentine professional basketball player for Real Madrid of the Liga ACB and EuroLeague. At a height of 1.98 m (6'6"), he can play at both the small forward and power forward position ...
.
Notable people
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María Elisa Castro
María Elisa Castro (born November 27, 1954) is an Argentine architect and politician from the Justicialist Party (PJ), who served as national senator for the Sa