Salta Province
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Salta (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈsalta]) is a province of Argentina, located in the northwest of the country. Neighboring provinces are from the east clockwise Formosa, Chaco, Santiago del Estero, Tucumán and Catamarca. It also surrounds Jujuy. To the north it borders Bolivia and Paraguay and to the west lies Chile.
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Salta
Provincia de Salta (Spanish) | |
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Province of Salta | |
Nickname: La Linda (The pretty) | |
Country | Argentina |
Capital | Salta |
Departments | 23 |
Municipalities | 58 |
Government | |
• Governor | Gustavo Sáenz (PAIS) |
• Vice Governor | Antonio Marocco (PJ) |
• Legislature | Chamber of Deputies (60) Senate (23) |
• National Deputies | 7 |
• National Senators | Nora Giménez (FDT) Sergio Leavy (FDT) Juan Carlos Romero (JXC) |
Area | |
• Total | 155,488 km2 (60,034 sq mi) |
Population (2022 census[1]) | |
• Total | 1,440,672 |
• Rank | 7th |
• Density | 9.3/km2 (24/sq mi) |
Demonym | salteño/a |
GDP | |
• Total | peso 31 billion (US$6.7 billion) (2012)[2] |
Time zone | UTC−3 (ART) |
ISO 3166 code | AR-A |
HDI (2021) | 0.844 very high (7th)[3] |
Website | www |
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