San Miguel de Tucumán

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San Miguel de Tucumán

Total population

527,607

Coordinates-26.83°, -65.20°

Demographic figures from INDEC. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

San Miguel de Tucumán, usually called simply Tucumán, is the capital and largest city of Tucumán Province, located in northern Argentina 1,311 kilometres (815 mi) from Buenos Aires. It is the fifth-largest city of Argentina after Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Rosario and Mendoza and the most important city of the northern region. The Spanish conquistador Diego de Villarroel founded the city in 1565 in the course of an expedition from present-day Peru. Tucumán moved to its present site in 1685.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.