Tucumán

Tucumán
Province
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Eik-name(s):  The Garden o the Republic
Location o Tucumán athin Argentinae
Coordinates: 26.94°S 65.34°W / -26.94; -65.34
Kintra	Argentinae
Caipital	San Miguel de Tucumán
Depairtments	17
Municipalities an landwart communes	112
Govrenment
• Govrenor	Osvaldo Jaldo (PJ)
• Deputies	9
• Senators	3
Area Ranked 22nt
• Total	22524 km2 (8,697 sq mi)
Population  (2010)
• Total	1,448,188
• Rank	6t
• Density	64/km2 (170/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	tucumano
Time zone	UTC−3 (ART)
ISO 3166 code	AR-T
Website	www.tucuman.gov.ar

Tucumán (Spaingie pronunciation: [tukuˈmɑn]) is the maist densely populatit, an the smawest bi laund aurie, o the provinces o Argentinae. Locatit in the northwast o the kintra, the caipital is San Miguel de Tucumán, aften shortened tae Tucumán. Neebourin provinces are, clockwise frae the north: Salta, Santiago del Estero an Catamarca. It is elknamit El Jardín de la República (The Garden o the Republic).

Etymologie

The wird "Tucumán" is likely a deformation frae the Quechua leids. It mey be a deformation o the term "Yucumán", which denotes the place o oreegin o several rivers. It can be a deformation o the wird "Tucma" an aw, which means the end o things. Afore the Spaingie colonization, the region wis in the ooter leemits o the Inca Empire.

Poleetical diveesion

The province is dividit intae 17 depairtments (Spaingie departamentos).

Depairtment Population Aurie Seat Burruyacú 32,936 3,605 km² Burruyacú Capital 527,607 90 km² San Miguel de Tucumán Chicligasta 75,133 1,267 km² Concepción Cruz Alta 162,240 1,255 km² Banda del Río Salí Famaillá 30,951 427 km² Famaillá Graneros 13,063 1,678 km² Graneros Juan Bautista Alberdi 28,206 730 km² Juan Bautista Alberdi La Cocha 17,683 917 km² La Cocha Leales 51,090 2,027 km² Bella Vista Lules 57,235 540 km² Lules Monteros 58,442 1,169 km² Monteros Rio Chico 52,925 585 km² Aguilares Simoca 29,932 1,261 km² Simoca Tafí del Valle 13,883 2,741 km² Tafí del Valle Tafí Viejo 108,017 1,210 km² Tafí Viejo Trancas 15,473 2,862 km² Trancas Yerba Buena 63,707 160 km² Yerba Buena

Depairtments o Tucumán.

See an aw

• Leet o govrenors o Tucumán

Further readin

• Juarez-Dappe, Patricia (2010). When Sugar Ruled: Economy and Society in Northwestern Argentina, Tucuman, 1876-1916. Ohio University Press.

Freemit airtins

• Tucuman.gov.ar Tucuman Province offeecial Website