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Rosario de la Frontera
Saltatown
Total population
28,993
Founded
1776
Air quality index
Demographic figures from INDEC. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.
City facts
Facts from Wikidata (CC0).
Overview
Rosario de la Frontera is a city in the center-south of the province of Salta, Argentina. It has 26,174 inhabitants as per the 2010 census [INDEC], and is the head town of the Rosario de la Frontera Department. It is located on National Route 9, by the Horcones River.
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Geography
Rosario de la Frontera has a dry-winter humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cwa), characterised by very warm and uncomfortably humid summers alongside pleasant to warm, dry winters with cold mornings and occasional frosts.
Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).
Geography
Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.
Climate
Air quality
Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).
Walkability
Amenities nearby
Wildlife & biodiversity
Most-observed species
- Southern CaracaraCaracara plancus (J.F.Miller, 1777) · Aves66
- Southern LapwingVanellus chilensis (Molina, 1782) · Aves57
- Rufous-collared SparrowZonotrichia capensis (P.L.S.Müller, 1776) · Aves53
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus (Bechstein, 1793) · Aves50
- Picui Ground-DoveColumbina picui (Temminck, 1813) · Aves49
- Shiny CowbirdMolothrus bonariensis (Gmelin, 1789) · Aves45
- Picazuro PigeonPatagioenas picazuro (Temminck, 1813) · Aves44
- American KestrelFalco sparverius Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves43
Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
Earthquake history
Most recent
- M 4.5 — 2024-01-2516 km N of Tafí Viejo, Argentina
- M 5.6 — 2022-01-1023 km NW of Trancas, Argentina
- M 5 — 2021-12-2040 km N of Burruyacú, Argentina
- M 5 — 2021-10-0614 km N of El Galpón, Argentina
- M 4.2 — 2020-10-1845 km WNW of El Galpón, Argentina
- M 4.3 — 2019-07-1527 km ESE of El Galpón, Argentina
Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).
Photos
Sights & places nearby
Notable people from here
People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.
Nearby places in Salta
- Hipólito Yrigoyen181.8 mi away · pop. 8,755
- San Rafael2789.6 mi away · pop. 34,000
- Guácima2790.2 mi away · pop. 27,000
- Río Segundo2790.6 mi away · pop. 13,700
- San Antonio del Tejar2791.3 mi away · pop. 31,400
- Turrúcares2792 mi away · pop. 10,000
- Río Grande2793.6 mi away
- La Garita2794.1 mi away · pop. 10,000
- Escobal2794.2 mi away
- Atenas2795.1 mi away · pop. 8,000
- Carrizal2795.2 mi away · pop. 9,000
- Hacienda Vieja2795.2 mi away · pop. 1,700
Geography & sun
Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.
Nearby airports
Public attention
Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.
Books about Rosario de la Frontera
Search results from Open Library.
Recent natural events nearby
Ground air-quality sensors
Recently spotted species
Events
Gallery
Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Rosario de la Frontera, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.
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Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikimedia Commons
- • Wikidata
- • Open-Meteo Air Quality (CAMS)
- • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
- • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Open Library
- • Wikidata SPARQL (CC0) — population, area, elevation, inception, head of government, Commons image