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Santiago del Estero (Spanish pronunciation: [sanˈtjaɣo ðel esˈteɾo], 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, (2010 census [ INDEC ] ) making it the twelfth largest city in the country, with a surface area of 2,116 km 2 .
Santiago del Estero Province. Santiago del Estero ( Spanish pronunciation: [sanˈtjaɣo ðel esˈteɾo] ), 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 Early years. In 1910, with the installation of the first Spanish Bank of the Río de la Plata and on December 18, 1911, with the immediate local private creation of the then called “Commercial and Edifier Bank of Santiago del Estero”, the province was fully incorporated into the nascent Argentine banking system, through the initiative of a young entrepreneur from Santiago, only 37 ...
www.labanda.gov.ar. La Banda is a city in the province of Santiago del Estero, Argentina. It has about 95,000 inhabitants as per the 2001 census [ INDEC], making it the second largest in the province. It is the head town of the Banda Department . La Banda is located only 8 km away from the provincial capital Santiago del Estero, separated from ...
Termas de Río Hondo is a spa city in Santiago del Estero Province, Argentina. It has 27,838 inhabitants as per the 2001 census [ INDEC]. It is located on the banks of the Dulce River, 65 km north of the provincial capital Santiago del Estero, near the artificial Río Hondo Lake. The hot springs ( Spanish: termas, Quechua: yacu rupaj) of the ...
Chacarera. Couple dancing a chacarera in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The Chacarera is a dance and music that originated in Santiago del Estero, Argentina. [1] It is a genre of folk music that, for many Argentines, serves as a rural counterpart to the cosmopolitan imagery of the Tango. A dance form played by contemporary musicians as soloists or ...
Campo del Cielo refers to a group of iron meteorites and the area in Argentina where they were found. The site straddles the provinces of Chaco and Santiago del Estero , located 1,000 kilometers (620 mi) north-northwest of Buenos Aires , Argentina and approximately 500 kilometres (310 mi) southwest of Asunción, Paraguay .
The 1817 Santiago del Estero earthquake took place in the province of Santiago del Estero, Argentina, on 4 July at about 05:30 PM. It was estimated to be 7.0 on the Richter magnitude scale. Its epicenter was at 28°00′S 64°30′W, at a depth of 30 km. The earthquake was felt with grade VIII in the Mercalli intensity scale in the provincial ...