San José de Metán (usually shortened to Metán) is a city in the south of 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 outsi ...

Salta Salta () is the capital and largest city in the Argentine province of the same name. With a population of 618,375 according to the 2010 census, it is also the 7th most-populous city in Argentina. The city serves as the cultural and economic ce ...

, Argentina, 160 km from the provincial capital

, on National Routes 9 and 34. It has about 28,000 inhabitants as per the . It is the head town of the

Metán Department Metán is a department located in Salta Province, in Argentina. With an area of it borders to the north with the departments of General Güemes and Anta, to the east with Anta, to the south with Santiago del Estero Province and Rosario de la ...

Climate

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;Notes ;Sources * Populated places in Salta Province Populated places established in 1859 1859 establishments in Argentina {{Salta-geo-stub