Salta

Capital	Salta
Area	155,488 km²
Population	1,079,051 (2001)
Density	6.94/km²
Governor	Dr. Juan Carlos Romero
Demonym	Salteño
ISO 3166-2	AR-A

Salta is a province of Argentina, located in the northwest of the country. Neighboring provinces are from the west clockwise Formosa, Chaco, Santiago del Estero, Tucumán and Catamarca. To the north it borders Bolivia and Paraguay and to the west lies Chile. Image File history File links Flag_of_Salta_province_in_Argentina. ... Salta is a city in Argentina and the capital of Salta Province. ... A square metre (US spelling: square meter) is by definition the area enclosed by a square with sides each 1 metre long. ... Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ... Juan Carlos Romero is a governor of Salta Province, Argentina. ... A demonym or gentilic is a word that denotes the members of a people or the inhabitants of a place. ... ISO 3166-2:AR is an ISO standard which defines geocodes: it is the subset of ISO 3166-2 which applies to Argentina. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (520x1004, 13 KB) Provincia de Salta, Argentina A map highlighting Salta Province, Argentina. ... Argentina consists of 23 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia), and 1 federal district (Capital Federal *). Capital Federal * Buenos Aires Catamarca Chaco Chubut Córdoba Corrientes Entre Ríos Formosa Jujuy La Pampa La Rioja Mendoza Misiones Neuquén Río Negro Salta San Juan San Luis Santa Cruz Santa Fe Santiago... Map of Argentina highlighting Formosa province Formosa Province is in northeastern Argentina, part of the Chaco Region. ... Chaco is an Argentine province located on the north of the country, near the border with Paraguay. ... Santiago del Estero is a province of Argentina, located in the north of the country. ... Tucumán is a province of Argentina, located in the northwest of the country. ... Catamarca is a province of Argentina, located in the northwest of the country. ...

History

Before the arrival of the Spanish conquest, numerous aborigines currently referred as Diaguitas and Calchaquíes lived in the valleys of the Salta Province. These included many different tribes, such as the Quilmes and Humahuacas, all of which shared the Cacán language. The Atacamas in the Puna, and the Wichís (Matacos) near the Chaco Province. Spanish conquest and colonization of the Americas began with the arrival in America of Christopher Columbus in 1492. ... Diaguita. ... The Calchaqui were a tribe of South American Indians, now extinct, who formerly occupied northern Argentina. ... The Quilmes people were a indigenous tribe of the Diaguita group settled in the western subandean valleys of todays Tucumán province, in northwestern Argentina. ... The Altiplano (Spanish for high plain), where the Andes are at their widest, is the most extensive area of high plateau on earth outside of Tibet. ... The Wichí are an indigenous people of South America. ... Chaco is an Argentine province located on the north of the country, near the border with Paraguay. ...

The first conquistador to adventure to the area was Diego de Almagro in 1535, followed by Diego de Rojas. In 1582 San Felipe de Lerma was founded by Hernando de Lerma after orders of viceroy Francisco de Toledo, but the name of he city was soon changed to San Felipe de Salta In 1650 the city had around 500 inhabitants. Conquistador (meaning Conqueror in the Spanish language) is the term used to refer to the soldiers, explorers, and adventurers who brought much of the Americas under Spanish rule between the 15th and 17th centuries. ... Diego de Almagro Diego de Almagro (b. ... Events January 18 - Lima, Peru founded by Francisco Pizarro April - Jacques Cartier discovers the Iroquois city of Stadacona, Canada (now Quebec) and in May, the even greater Huron city of Hochelaga June 24 - The Anabaptist state of Münster (see Münster Rebellion) is conquered and disbanded. ... Events January 15 - Russia cedes Livonia and Estonia to Poland February 24 - Pope Gregory XIII implements the Gregorian Calendar. ... Francisco de Toledo (1515 - 1584) Born on July 10, 1515 in the village of Oropesa in Spain. ...

Within the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata is created the intendency of Salta del Tucumán. In 1774 San Ramón de La Nueva Orán is founded as a nexus between Salta and Tarija, the later added to the intendency in 1807. In 1783, due to the importance of the city, the capital of the intendency of Salta del Tucumán is moved from Tucumán to Salta. Created in 1776, the Viceroyalty of La Plata (in Spanish, Virreinato del Río de la Plata) was the last and most shortlived viceroyalty created by Spain. ... Look up nexus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Salta is a city in Argentina and the capital of Salta Province. ... Tarija is a city in southern Bolivia, located 22. ... 1783 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... San Miguel de Tucumán (usually referred to as simply Tucumán) is the largest city in northwestern Argentina, with a population (2001) of 525,853. ...

After the battle of Salta in 1813 the territory was freed form Spain, but occasional attacks were still driven from the Viceroyalty of Peru until 1826. Gervasio de Posadas creates in 1814 the Salta Province, covering the current provinces of Salta, Jujuy, part of the South of Bolivia and the North of the Chile. Created in 1542, the Viceroyalty of Peru (in Spanish, Virreinato del Perú) contained most of Spanish-ruled South America until the creation of the separate viceroyalties of New Granada (now Colombia, Ecuador, Panamá and Venezuela, the last-named previously in the Viceroyalty of New Spain) in 1717 and Río... 1814 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Jujuy is a province of Argentina, located in the extreme northwest of the country, at the borders with Chile and Bolivia. ...

In 1834 Jujuy separates from Salta and becomes a province of its own. in 1900 Salta losses Yacuiba to Bolivia.

The National Government of Los Andes, constituted in 1902, and its capital San Antonio de Los Cobres become once again part of the Salta Province in 1943 as Los Andes Department and San Antonio de Los Cobres as its capital city. 1943 (MCMXLIII) is a common year starting on Friday. ...

Geography and climate

Valles Calchaquíes near Cafayate

To the West, the Puna's arid high plains with salty lakes (Arizaro, Pocitos) has few inhabitants, and its main city is San Antonio de los Cobres. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x619, 216 KB) Valles Calchaquíes in Salta Province, Argentina. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x619, 216 KB) Valles Calchaquíes in Salta Province, Argentina. ... The Altiplano (Spanish for high plain), where the Andes are at their widest, is the most extensive area of high plateau on earth outside of Tibet. ...

High snowy Andean peaks (Acay, Cachi and Chani) lower to the North-east and hold valleys such as Quebrada del Toro, Valles Calchaquíes and the Lerma Valley. This is the most densely inhabited area, and were the Salta city is found. The climate of the area is of hot summers (average of 23 °C with peaks of 40 °C) and cold winters with temperatures well below freezing point. This article is about the mountain system in South America; for other uses, see Andes (disambiguation). ... The degree Celsius (symbol: °C) is an SI derived unit of temperature. ...

To the east, near the Gran Chaco area, the more humid subtropical climate is home to the Yungas jungle in the El Rey National Park. Landscape in the Gran Chaco, Paraguay The Gran Chaco (Quechua chaqu, hunting land), dubbed by some as the last South American frontier, is an arid, sparsely populated, very hot, semi-desertic, lowland region of the River Plate basin, divided between Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina and a small portion in Brazil called... The Yungas is an area in the eastern piedmont of the Andes Mountains, primarily in Bolivia. ... The El Rey National Park is a national park of Argentina, located in the Anta Deparment, province of Salta, in the Argentine Northwest, 80 km from the provincial capital. ...

Main rivers of the province are the Pilcomayo, Bermejo and the Juramento, which later becomes the Salado River. The Pilcomayo is a river rising in the Bolivian Andes, east of Lake Poopó, flowing over 700 miles across Chaco into the Paraguay River near Asunción. ... The Bermejo River is a river in South America. ... The Salado River (in Spanish Río Salado, literally Salty River) is a river that crosses several provinces of Argentina, flowing 1,500 kilometres from its source in the Salta Province to end in the Paraná River, in the Santa Fe Province. ...

Salta Province is located at a geological active region, and suffers from occasional earthquakes. Fairly destructive were the ones occurred in 1692 and 1948. Global earthquake epicenters, 1963–1998 An earthquake is a sudden and sometimes catastrophic movement of a part of the Earths surface. ... Events February 13 - Massacre of Glencoe March 1 - The Salem witch trials begin in Salem Village, Massachusetts Bay Colony with the charging of three women with witchcraft. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ...

Economy

Agriculture and its derived industry are the main activity of the province. Tobacco, sugar cane and viticulture are the most important and produce most of the exports of the Country. Other crops mostly for local consumption are maize, beans, citrus, bananas, and tomatoes. The sugar cane is processed in plants in Salta before sent to the rest of Argentina other countries, being the one in San Martín de Tabacal the most important of them. The famous wines of the Valles Calchaquíes region near Cafayate are produced in numerous vineyards of diverse sizes (mainly Torrontés, Malbec and Cabernet Sauvignon). Species N. glauca N. longiflora N. rustica N. sylvestris N. tabacum Ref: ITIS 30562 as of August 26, 2005 Tobacco (, L.) refers to a genus of broad-leafed plants of the nightshade family indigenous to North and South America, or to the dried and cured leaves of such plants. ... Species Ref: ITIS 42058 as of 2004-05-05 Sugarcane is one of six species of a tall tropical southeast Asian grass (Family Poaceae) having stout fibrous jointed stalks whose sap at one time was the primary source of sugar. ... wine grapes Viticulture (from the Latin word for vine) refers to the cultivation of grapes, often for use in the production of wine. ... Binomial name Zea mays L. Maize (Zea mays ssp. ... Beans make your ass stink ... Species & major hybrids Species Citrus maxima- Pomelo Citrus medica- Citron Citrus reticulata- Mandarin & Tangerine Major hybrids Citrus x aurantifolia- Key lime Citrus x latifolia- Persian Lime Citrus x aurantium- Bitter Orange Citrus x hystrix- Kaffir Lime Citrus x ichangensis- Ichang Lemon Citrus x limetta- Sweet Lemon Citrus x limon- Lemon... Species Hybrid origin; see text A banana plant is a herb in the genus, Musa, which because of its size and structure, is often mistaken for a tree. ... Binomial name Solanum lycopersicum L. The tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) is a plant in the Solanaceae or nightshade family, native to Central and South America, from Mexico to Peru. ... A vineyard Vineyard with bird netting Wine grapes with netting as protection against birds A vineyard (vignoble in French, vigna or vigneto in Italian, vinha in Portuguese, viña or viñedo in Spanish, Weinberg in German) is a place where grapes are grown for making wine, raisins, or table... Malbec is a black, mellow grape variety originally grown in France, in the Loire Valley and Cahors. ... Cabernet Sauvignon is a variety of red grape mainly used for wine production, and is, along with Chardonnay, one of the most widely-planted of the worlds noble grape varieties. ...

Hydrocarbon extraction from the Tartagal, Aguas Blancas, Madrejones and Campo Durán centres is transported to Buenos Aires and Rosario by pipes. Campo Durán holds also a processing plant. Mining includes sulfur extraction at the La Casualidad mine, and uranium at Iruya, La Poma and San Carlos. Buenos Aires (Good Airs in Spanish, originally Ciudad de la Santísima Trinidad y Puerto de Santa María de los Buenos Aires meaning City of the Holy Trinity and Port of Saint Mary of the Fair Winds) is the capital of Argentina and its largest city and port, as... Rosario is the largest city of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina, and the third most populous in the country, after Córdoba and Buenos Aires. ... General Name, Symbol, Number sulfur, S, 16 Chemical series nonmetals Group, Period, Block 16, 3, p Appearance lemon yellow Atomic mass 32. ... General Name, Symbol, Number uranium, U, 92 Chemical series actinides Group, Period, Block n/a, 7, f Appearance silvery gray metallic; corrodes to a spalling black oxide coat in air Atomic mass 238. ...

American breeds of cattle are raised only on the humid sub-tropical east, along with some sheep and goats. Binomial name Bos taurus Linnaeus, 1758 Cattle (called cows in vernacular usage, or kine [archaic]) are domesticated ungulates, a member of the subfamily Bovinae of the family Bovidae. ... Species See text. ... This article is about goats, the animals. ...

Tourism

Colonial Cabildo at Salta city

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The city of Salta "La Linda" ("The beautiful") is both an important tourist destination, and an the centre point for visiting the rest of the province. The city holds different attractions; among them are her colonial houses and cathedral, and the Museo de Arqueología de Alta Montana de Salta that holds the 3 frozen Inca mummies found at the 6,700 meters of the Llullaillaco volcano. Salta is a city in Argentina and the capital of Salta Province. ... A view of Machu Picchu, the Lost City of the Incas, now an archaeological site. ... A mummy is a corpse whose skin and dried flesh have been preserved by either intentional or accidental exposure to chemicals, extreme cold or dryness, or airlessness. ... Llullaillaco is a stratovolcano at the border of Argentina and Chile. ...

Also from Salta, the Tren a las nubes crosses canyons and cliffs before arriving to the 3,775 metres (12,500 feet) of San Antonio de los Cobres. The red-rock formations of the Valles Calchaquíes and the wine-town of Cafayate are the second most visited place in the province. Many visit the Cachi mountain and the villages (such as Payogasta) around it.

Throughout the province, trekking and rafting, climbing and bungee jumping are also practiced. There are 3 national parks in Salta: El Rey National Park in the Yungas jungle, Baritú National Park and Los Cardones National Park. Many beautiful natural scenes are only accessible if one is willing to hike to get to them. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Whitewater. ... Climbers on Valkyrie at the Roaches. ... Bungee Jump in Normandy, France Bungee jumping (or Bungy jumping) is an activity in which a person jumps off from a high place (generally of several hundred feet/meters) with one end of an elastic cord attached to his/her body or ankles and the other end tied to the... The National Parks of Argentina make up a network of 29 national parks in Argentina. ... The El Rey National Park is a national park of Argentina, located in the Anta Deparment, province of Salta, in the Argentine Northwest, 80 km from the provincial capital. ... The Yungas is an area in the eastern piedmont of the Andes Mountains, primarily in Bolivia. ... The Baritú National Park is a national park of Argentina, located in the Santa Victoria Department, in the north of the province of Salta, in the Argentine Northwest. ... The Los Cardones National Park is a national park of Argentina, located in the center-west of the province of Salta, within the San Carlos and Cachi Departments, in the Argentine Northwest. ...

Political division

The province is divided in 23 departments (Spanish: departamentos). Departments (Spanish: departamentos) form the second level of administrative division in the provinces of Argentina. ...

Department (Capital)

1. Anta (Joaquín Víctor González)
2. Cachi (Cachi)
3. Cafayate (Cafayate)
4. Capital (Salta)
5. Cerrillos (Cerrillos)
6. Chicoana (Chicoana)
7. General Güemes (General Güemes)
8. General San Martín (Tartagal)
9. Guachipas (Guachipas)
10. Iruya (Iruya)
11. La Poma (La Poma)
12. La Caldera (La Caldera)
13. La Candelaria (La Candelaria)
14. La Viña (La Viña)
15. Los Andes (San Antonio de los Cobres)
16. Metán (San José de Metán)
17. Molinos (Molinos)
18. Orán (San Ramón de la Nueva Orán)
19. Rivadavia (Rivadavia)
20. Rosario de la Frontera (Rosario de la Frontera)
21. Rosario de Lerma (Rosario de Lerma)
22. San Carlos (San Carlos)
23. Santa Victoria (Santa Victoria)

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External links

• Official Page (Spanish)
• Tourist Secretary (Spanish)
• Salta (Spanish)
• Universidad Nacional de Salta (Spanish)
• Welcome Salta (English)