Santiago del Estero is the capital of Santiago del Estero Province in northern Argentina, with a population of 252,192, the twelfth largest city in the country, covering an area of 2,116 square kilometers. It lies on the Dulce River and on National Route 9, 1,042 kilometers north-northwest of Buenos Aires. Estimated to be 455 years old, it was the first city founded by Spanish settlers in what is now Argentina and is nicknamed Madre de Ciudades, officially declared the mother of cities and cradle of folklore.
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Founding Year Climate Zone Sources
1. Santiago del Estero (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)Quote, P1082 (population)
population 311,487 (2022)
2. 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 -27.75, -64.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -27.75, -64.25
-27.75 -64.25 BSh
3. GeoNames: Santiago del Estero - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 3835869, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)Quote, cities500 record 3835869, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
-27.80047 -64.26285 P PPLA AR 22 86049 252192 176 America/Argentina/Cordoba
Santiago del Estero (Wikipedia)
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Santiago del Estero (Spanish pronunciation: [sanˈtjaɣo ðel esˈteɾo], Spanish for Saint-James-Upon-The-Lagoon) is the capital of Santiago del Estero Province in northern Argentina.
- In Group: Cities of South America (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
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