Iruya
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| location | 22 ° 48 ′ S , 65 ° 13 ′ W | ||
| Height above d. M .: | 2780 m | ||
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| Department : | Iruya | ||
| Local community: | Iruya | ||
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| Postal code : | A4633 | ||
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Iruya is a village in northwest Argentina . It is the capital of the department of Iruya in the province of Salta and the administrative seat of the municipality of Iruya of the same name .
The village lies at an altitude of 2780 m and is surrounded by the two rivers Iruya (also called Colanzulí) and Milmahuasi .
Iruya has around 1070 inhabitants, almost exclusively of indigenous descent. The main sources of income are agriculture and tourism.
location
It is approx. 60 km to the border town of La Quiaca on the Bolivian border. To the west, 25 km as the crow flies, is Abra Pampa , the capital of the Cochinoca department of the Jujuy province .
The pre-Columbian ruins of Titiconte are about 5 km northeast of Iruya. 8 km north of Iruya is the village of San Isidro , 6 km south is the village of Pueblo Viejo .
climate
Due to its location at an altitude of 2780 meters, Iruya has a moderate mountain climate. Almost all of the annual precipitation falls during the summer from December to March. During this time, temperatures can reach up to 24 ° C during the day. At night it cools down to 11 ° C. There are often thunderstorms.
Autumn often brings frost and dry, pleasant days at around 20 ° C. In winter, which lasts from May to September, the days are characterized by a high temperature change: While temperatures rise to up to 17 ° C during the day, they drop to values well below zero at night, down to −10 ° C. Winter precipitation is rare because of the drought during this time.
Spring also has warm days and cold nights. The maximum temperatures during this time are the same as in summer, but the nights are much colder. It is sometimes frosty in the morning.
East of Iruya, where the foothills of the Andes often exceed 1500 mm of annual precipitation, the precipitation is significantly higher than in Iruya. In contrast, it is 200 mm in the western highlands. Iruya lies between these two areas.
history
Iruya was founded in 1753, but the first residents settled there about 100 years earlier. They were mainly Indians, whose oldest roots go back to the Ocloyas , a people belonging to the Kolla ethnic group , who come from the Kollasuyo , one of the four regions of the Inca Empire.
The first inhabitants lived from agriculture and animal husbandry. Among other things, they grew corn and potatoes and raised sheep, goats and llamas. Iruya later became a transit point for goods transport from the Puna Highlands to the San Francisco River .
The name Iruya comes from Quechua , the imperial language of the Incas, and means something like "plenty of straw".
Events
- The Carnival of Iruya begins every year with the Fiesta de la Copla , on the weekend two and a half weeks before Lent and ends the day before Ash Wednesday.
- The three-day festival Fiesta de la Pachamama in honor of the deity Pachamama begins on August 1st .
- On August 15 and 16, the Fiesta en honorar a San Roque takes place, a religious festival with local rites and traditional music from the Iruya region.
- The festival of Nuestra Señora del Rosario , the local patron saint, is celebrated regularly on the first Sunday in October. Ritual dances from the Cachís are performed with masks depicting the battle between good and evil. Numerous pilgrims and traders celebrate with the locals.
- All Souls Day ( día de las almas ) takes place on November 1st and 2nd , a Catholic day of remembrance in honor of the deceased.
Others
- Iruya belongs to the species-rich Las Yungas Biosphere Reserve .
- In 2007, the US advertising agency BBDO shot a commercial for the Guinness brewery in Iruya . The film was shot entirely with the local population and, with a budget of $ 20 million, is the most expensive of all Guinness commercials to date. Film: youtube.com .
- The online magazine "Notiruya" has existed since 2008 and deals with events, history, geography, music and the Andean culture lived in Iruya.
Road to Iruya
View of Iruya
In the village of Iruya
literature
- Boman Eric - Antigüedades de la Región Andina de República Argentina y del desierto de Atacama. - Universidad Nacional de Jujuy, 1992
- Reboratti Carlos - El Alto Bermejo-Realidades y Conflictos. - Editorial La Colmena, Julio de 1998.
- Colmenares Luis Oscar - Un labor sin fallas: la fundación de Orán. - Academía Nacional de Historia, Tomo I Año 1977.
Web links
- Tourism and trekking in Iruya
- Iruya in Salta Argentina. ( Memento from May 21, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- Iruya: su gente y su fiesta (Iruya: its people and how they celebrate) customs and history of Iruya
- Julián Varsavsky: El pueblo de Iruya en Salta .
Individual evidence
- ↑ portaldesalta.gov.ar
- ↑ a b c Romina Zavala, Impacto del Turismo en la comunidad de Iruya (PDF; 1.24 MB)
- ↑ argentinaturismo.com.ar
- ↑ portaldesalta.gov.ar
- ↑ a b iruyaonline.com
- ↑ a b Guía de Cabañas
- ↑ iruyaonline.com
- ↑ portaldesalta.gov.ar
- ↑ lasmariastilcara.com.ar ( Memento of the original from February 26, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ noroesteargentino.com
- ↑ redyaguarete.org.ar ( Memento of the original from June 5, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ dailymail.co.uk
- ↑ Online magazine "Notiruya"
