Burruyacú Department

Burruyacú
Location of Burruyacú in Tucumán (Argentina)
Data
Capital	Burruyacú
population	32,936 (2001, INDEC)
surface	3,605 km²
Population density	9.1 inhabitants / km²

The Burruyacú Department is located in the northeast of the Tucumán Province in northwest Argentina and is one of 17 administrative units in the province. It borders the province of Salta to the north, the province of Santiago del Estero to the east, the Cruz Alta department to the south and the Trancas and Tafí Viejo departments to the west . With 3,605 km² it is the largest department in the province of Tucumán, but with 32,936 inhabitants (2001, INDEC ) one of the least populated. The population density is 9.1 inh / km².

The capital of the department is the city of the same name, Burruyacú .

The name Burruyacú consists of two words: Yacú comes from Quechua (yacu) and means 'watering place' or 'drinking place'. Burru stands for the Spanish word burro , 'donkey', which is twisted into Quechua .

cities and communes

• Benjamin Aráoz y El Tajamar
• Burruyacú
• El Chañar
• El Naranjo y El Sunchal
• El Puestito
• El Timbó
• Garmendia
• La Ramada y La Cruz
• Piedrabuena
• 7 de April
• Villa Padre Monti

history

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• El retiro del Gran Capitán (La Ramada de Abajo, Km 6 of the Ruta Provincial 317). After General José de San Martín was given command of the Ejército del Norte in January 1814 , he stayed in the Tucumán for five months . The libertador was tormented by a bleeding stomach ulcer at that time, which led him to hand over command to Fernández de la Cruz on April 26, 1814 and to retire to the estancia of the Cossio Villafrañe family in La Ramada. There he hoped to cure his illness. It is said that José de San Martín drew up his strategy in the shade of a carob tree, in consultation with Martín Miguel de Güemes, to militarily secure the north-west of Argentina from the advancing realistas from the north and to cross the Andes ( Cruce de los Andes ) with his own troops. attack in order to get in the rear of the realistas. Because of the high humidity, José de San Martín did not stay in La Ramada, but withdrew to Córdoba . Against this historical background, in 2006 an application was made to the Chamber of Deputies in Buenos Aires to move the Estancia in La Ramada, which had already been declared a national monument in the 1950s, to a museum in memory of General José de San Martín and to to transform the wars of liberation.

education and parenting

In comparison at the provincial level in Tucumán , the Burruyacú department has relatively poor values. The illiteracy rate is highest at 13 percent. This also applies to the number of grade repetitions in elementary school (Primaria) with 10 percent.

economy

The company CELUSAL produces fine table salt (sal fina) in Burruyacú, which is obtained from an underground brine that was formed in the Tertiary and Quaternary periods. The salt crystals are liquefied by underground water currents. The indigenous peoples already used this natural treasure for salt production and trade.

Coordinates: 26 ° 30 ′  S , 64 ° 42 ′  W