Salta

Salta () is the capital and largest city in the Argentine province of the same name. With a population of 627,704 according to the 2022 census, it is also the 7th most-populous city in Argentina. The city serves as the cultural and economic center of the Valle de Lerma Metropolitan Area (Spanish: Área Metropolitana del Valle de Lerma, AMVL), which is home to over 50.9% of the population of Salta Province and also includes the municipalities of La Caldera, Vaqueros, Campo Quijano, Rosario de Lerma, Cerrillos, La Merced and San Lorenzo. Salta is the seat of the Capital Department, the most popul

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Salta is the capital and largest city of Argentina's Salta Province, with a population of over 627,000 people, making it the seventh most-populous city in the country. The city serves as the cultural and economic center for the broader Valle de Lerma Metropolitan Area, which includes several surrounding municipalities and is home to more than half of the province's population.

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Salta
Settlement.official_name: Salta
Settlement.native_name_lang: es
Settlement.settlement_type: City
Settlement.image_shield: Escudo-Salta.png
Settlement.pushpin_map: Argentina Salta Province#Argentina
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location of Salta in Argentina
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Salta
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Department
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Capital
Settlement.established_title: Founded
Settlement.established_date: April 16th, 1582
Settlement.leader_title: Intendant
Settlement.leader_name: Emiliano Durand (Vamos Por Salta)
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric
Settlement.area_total_km2: 120

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: big city
Country: United Provinces of the Río de la Plata
Located in: Capital Department
Population: 594772
Elevation: 1152
Time zone: UTC−03:00
Capital of: Salta Province
Founded by: Hernando de Lerma
Official website: www.municipalidad-salta.gov.ar
Image: Collage Salta.PNG
Dialing code: 387

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twinned administrative body: Calama
topic's main category: Category:Salta
category for people born here: Category:Births in Salta
category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Salta
Commons category: Salta, Argentina
Commons gallery: Salta City
postal code: A4400
category of associated people: Category:People from Salta
inception: 1582-04-16
owner of: Estadio Padre Ernesto Martearena
native label: Ciudad de Salta
P8168: Karl Knortz
described by source: New International Encyclopedia
P12749: Zugspitze

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

History
Geography
Climate
Attractions
Culture and arts
Sports
Politics of Salta
Trivia
Transportation
Notable people
See also
References
Notes
External links

==History== In early 1536 the large expedition of Diego de Almagro passed through the plains of Chicoana west of the present-day city in its journey to the lands of Chile. While foraging the expeditionaries came to engage in skirmishes with local tribesmen.

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