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| Climate | Cfa |
Pinto (Santiago del Estero) is a municipality and village in Santiago del Estero in Argentina. [1]
Santiago del Estero, also known simply as Santiago, is a province in the north of Argentina. Neighbouring provinces, clockwise from the north, are Salta, Chaco, Santa Fe, Córdoba, Catamarca and Tucumán.
Santiago del Estero 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 surface area of 2,116 km². It lies on the Dulce River and on National Route 9, at a distance of 1,042 km north-northwest from Buenos Aires. Estimated to be 455 years old, Santiago del Estero was the first city founded by Spanish settlers in the territory that is now Argentina. As such, it is nicknamed "Madre de Ciudades". Similarly, it has been officially declared the "mother of cities and cradle of folklore."
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Añatuya is a city in the province of Santiago del Estero, Argentina. It has 23.286 inhabitants as per the 2010 census [INDEC], and is the head town of the General Taboada Department. It lies on the southeast of the province, east of the Salado River, and about 150 km from the provincial capital Santiago del Estero.
The National University of Santiago del Estero is an Argentine national university located in the capital of Santiago del Estero Province. Its 1973 establishment gathered the existing Tucumán University school of agronomy (1949) and the Córdoba University forestry institute (1958), as well as new schools created for the purpose.
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Coordinates: 29°09′S62°39′W / 29.150°S 62.650°W
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