La Banda
| Basic data | |||
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| Surface: | 42 km 2 | ||
| location | 27 ° 44 ′ S , 64 ° 15 ′ W | ||
| Height above d. M .: | 177 m | ||
| Population (2010): | 106,441 | ||
| Density: | 2534 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Agglomeration : | Santiago del Estero-La Banda | ||
| - Population: | approx. 280,000 | ||
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| Province : |
 Santiago del Estero
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| Department : | La Banda | ||
| Mayor: | Héctor Eduardo Ruiz | ||
| Others | |||
| Postal code : | G4300 | ||
| Telephone code: | 0385 | ||
| La Banda website | |||
La Banda is the capital of the Banda department of the same name in the province of Santiago del Estero in northwestern Argentina . The city is eight kilometers from the provincial capital Santiago del Estero , only separated by the course of the Río Dulce . Two bridges connect the two cities, which together form an agglomerate. With its 106,000 inhabitants, La Banda is the second largest city in the province.
Transport links
La Banda is connected to the Ferrocarril General Miter railway , which runs once a week to San Miguel de Tucumán and Buenos Aires .
The city access by road:
- West 1: The main access road to the city via Puente Carretero on Ruta Nacional 64 . Long-distance traffic from Jujuy , Salta and Tucumán via the Ruta Nacional 9 and from Catamarca via the Ruta Nacional 64 connect to the Ruta Nacional 34 for traffic to Rosario and Buenos Aires .
- West 2: The toll road Puente Nuevo at the Autopista Santiago - La Banda takes over the traffic of the Ruta Nacional 9 and Ruta Nacional 64 .
- South: Ruta Nacional 34 (connecting road to the south of the country)
- East: Ruta Provincial 5 (connecting road to the Figueroa and Alberdi departments )
- Northeast: Ruta Provincial 11 (connecting road to Clodomira , La Aurora , Las Delicias )
- Northwest: Ruta Provincial 8 (connecting road to Los Quiroga , Los Acosta , Chaupi Pozo , Ardiles )
- Southwest: Ruta Provincial 1 (connecting road to La Bajada , Los Romanos , Los Pereyra , Brea Pozo )
history
September 16, 1912: La Banda is granted city rights.
Personalities
- Peteco Carabajal (* 1956), musician and composer
- René Houseman (1953-2018), football player
- Carlos Arturo Juárez (1916–2010), politician and caudillo, gobernador of Santiago del Estero
- Rubén Marino Navarro (1933–2003), football player
Web links
- IFAM population data (Spanish)
- Portal of the Province of Santiago del Estero - La Banda ( Memento of February 14, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- LiveArgentina.com - City information (Spanish) ( Memento from April 12, 2010 in the Internet Archive )