Salta is the capital and largest city of Argentina's Salta Province, in the country's northwest. It had a population of 627,704 at the 2022 census, making it Argentina's seventh most populous city. The city serves as the cultural and economic center of the Valle de Lerma Metropolitan Area, home to more than half of Salta Province's population, and is the seat of the Capital Department, the province's most populous department.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Latitude24.783333 degrees south 1 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Salta (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationLead section, plaintext extract
With a population of 627,704 according to the 2022 census, it is also the 7th most-populous city in Argentina.
Infobox, area_total_km2
120
Infobox, elevation_m
1152
History section, plaintext extract
Salta was founded on April 16, 1582, by the Spanish conquistador Hernando de Lerma, who intended the settlement to be an outpost between Lima, Peru and Buenos Aires.
REST summary API, coordinates field
"coordinates":{"lat":-24.78333333,"lon":-65.41666667}
- In Group: Cities of South America (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
View the Source 2. GeoNames: Salta - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 3838233
-24.80645 -65.41999 P PPLA AR 17 66028 520683 1054 America/Argentina/Salta
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 1054 m
View the Source 3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -24.75, -65.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -24.75, -65.25
-24.75 -65.25 Cwa
Wikidata: Salta
Wikidata Q36307, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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