San Miguel de Tucuman, usually called simply Tucuman, is the capital and largest city of Tucuman Province in northern Argentina, 1,311 kilometers from Buenos Aires. It is the fifth largest city in Argentina after Buenos Aires, Cordoba, Rosario and Mendoza, and the most important city in the country's northern region. The Spanish conquistador Diego de Villarroel founded the city in 1565 during an expedition from present-day Peru, and it moved to its present site in 1685.
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1. San Miguel de Tucuman (Wikidata)
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population 601,888 (2022)
2. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
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3. GeoNames: San Miguel de Tucumán - GeoNames
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-26.81601 -65.21051 P PPLA AR 24 90084 548866 440 America/Argentina/Tucuman
San Miguel de Tucuman (Wikipedia)
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San Miguel de Tucumán (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈsam miˈɣel de tukuˈman]), usually called simply Tucumán, is the capital and largest city of Tucumán Province, located in northern Argentina 1,311 kilometres (815 mi) from Buenos Aires.
San Miguel de Tucuman (Wikipedia)
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