Tucumán Province

Tucumán is the smallest of the provinces of Argentina. It is in the northwest of the country and its capital is San Miguel de Tucumán, often shortened to Tucumán.

Tucumán
Province of Argentina
Government building in San Miguel de Tucumán
Flag Coat of arms
Nickname(s):  The Garden of the Republic
Location of Tucumán within Argentina
Coordinates: 26.94°S 65.34°W / -26.94; -65.34
Country	Argentina
Capital	San Miguel de Tucumán
Departments	17
Municipalities and rural communes	112
Government
• Governor	Osvaldo Jaldo (PJ)
• Provincial Legislature	49
• National Deputies	9 (List) Nilda Mabel Carrizo Juan Francisco Casañas Miriam Graciela Gallardo Facundo Garretón Federico Augusto Masso José Fernando Orellana Walter Marcelo Santillan Mirta Alicia Soraire María Teresita Villavicencio
• National Senators	3 (List) José Alperovich Silvia Beatriz Elías de Pérez Beatriz Graciela Mirkin
Area Ranked 22nd
• Total	22,524 km2 (8,697 sq mi)
Population  (2010[1])
• Total	1,448,188
• Rank	6th
• Density	64/km2 (170/sq mi)
Demonym	tucumano
Time zone	UTC−3 (ART)
ISO 3166 code	AR-T
HDI (2016)	0.838 (14th)[2]
Website	www.tucuman.gov.ar

The province has the nickname El Jardín de la República (The Garden of the Republic), as it is a highly productive agricultural area.

Geography

The province of Tucumán has an area of 22,524 km² (8,697 sq mi) and is surrounded by the provinces:

• Salta to the north;
• Santiago del Estero to the east; and
• Catamarca to the south and west.

Tucumán has two main different geographical regions. The east is associated with the Gran Chaco flat lands, while the west presents a mixture of the Sierras of the Pampas to the south and the canyons of the Argentine Northwest to the north.

The highest peak in the province is the Cerro del Bolsón near the border with the Catamarca province. It has an elevation of 5,550 m (18,209 ft).

The main river of the province is the Dulce that flows through the province where is known as the Salí river.

Climate

San Miguel de Tucumán, with an elevation of 449 m (1,473 ft), has a humid subtropical climate (subtype Cfa in the Köppen climate classification).

The average temperature for the year in San Miguel de Tucumán is 19.3 °C (66.7 °F). The warmest month, on average, is January with an average temperature of 25.3 °C (77.5 °F). The coolest month on average is July, with an average temperature of 12.1 °C (53.8 °F).

The average amount of precipitation for the year in San Miguel de Tucumán is 1,013.5 mm (39.9 in). The month with the most precipitation on average is January with 210.8 mm (8.3 in) of precipitation. The month with the least precipitation on average is July with an average of 10.2 mm (0.4 in).^[3]

Population

The inhabitants of Tucumán are known, in Spanish, as Tucumanos (women: Tucumanas).

The province of Tucumán has a population, in 2010, of 1,448,188;^[4] its population density is of 64.3 inhabitants/km².

Evolution of the population in Tucumán

Education

There are four universities in Tucumán:

1. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán (National University of Tucumán).
2. Facultad Regional Tucumán, part of the Universidad Tecnológica Nacional (National Technological University).
3. Universidad del Norte Santo Tomás de Aquino (Saint Thomas Aquinas University of the North).
4. Universidad San Pablo-T (Saint Paul-T University).

Political division

The province is divided into 17 departments (Spanish: departamentos).

Departments of Tucumán province

No.	Department	Capital	Area[5] (km²)	Population[4] (2010)	Density
1	Burruyacú	Burruyacú	3,605	36,951	10.2
2	Capital	San Miguel de Tucumán	91	548,866	6,031.5
3	Chicligasta	Concepción	1,267	80,735	63.7
4	Cruz Alta	Banda del Río Salí	1,255	180,499	143.8
5	Famaillá	Famaillá	427	34,542	80.9
6	Graneros	Graneros	1,678	13,551	8.1
7	Juan Bautista Alberdi	Juan Bautista Alberdi	730	30,237	41.4
8	La Cocha	La Cocha	917	19,002	20.7
9	Leales	Bella Vista	2,027	54,949	27.1
10	Lules	Lules	540	68,474	126.8
11	Monteros	Monteros	1,169	63,641	54.4
12	Rio Chico	Aguilares	585	56,847	97.2
13	Simoca	Simoca	1,261	30,876	24.5
14	Tafí del Valle	Tafí del Valle	2,741	14,933	5.4
15	Tafí Viejo	Tafí Viejo	1,210	121,638	100.5
16	Trancas	Trancas	2,862	17,371	6.1
17	Yerba Buena	Yerba Buena	160	75,076	469.2

Gallery

• 
  Aerial view of San Miguel de Tucuman.
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  San Martín theatre, San Miguel de Tucuman.
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  Tafí del Valle.
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  Cruz Alta Sugar Mill in Cruz Alta.