Santiago del Estero (city)
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| Surface: | 2116 km 2 | ||
| location | 27 ° 48 ′ S , 64 ° 16 ′ W | ||
| Height above d. M .: | 182 m | ||
| Population (2010): | 252.192 | ||
| Density: | 119 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Agglomeration : | Santiago del Estero-La Banda | ||
| - Population: | approx. 360,000 | ||
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| Province : |
 Santiago del Estero
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| Department : | Capital | ||
| Mayor: | Hugo Orlando Infante | ||
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| Postal code : | G4200 | ||
| Telephone code: | + 54- (0) 385 | ||
| Santiago del Estero website | |||
Santiago del Estero is both the capital of the Departamento Capital and the province of the same name, Santiago del Estero in north-western Argentina . It has 252,192 inhabitants ( INDEC , 2010) (in the greater area, together with the city of La Banda , a total of 360,000 inhabitants live).
geography
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Santiago del Estero is located in a fertile area on the Río Dulce at 162 meters above sea level.
The river is bridged by the Puente Carretero in the north, the 750 m downstream railway bridge built between 2013 and 2018 for the tren urbano de Santiago del Estero and another 1300 m downstream by the 4-lane Puente San Francisco Solano .
history
Santiago del Estero was re-founded in 1553 by the conquistador Francisco de Aguirre with settlers from Chile on the site of a city that had already been founded under a different name in 1550 , making it the oldest city in Argentina that has existed continuously to this day. For this reason it is also known as the Madre de Ciudades (mother of all cities).
At the end of the 19th century, the city had 8,000 inhabitants. Today only a few buildings from the colonial era are preserved.
Culture
The cultural life in Santiago is characterized by the multi-ethnic mix of the ancestors of today's inhabitants. The most strikingly represented are descendants from Italy and the Arab-Asian region. This is particularly noticeable in the many different restaurants.
The city's two large universities (one of which is private) are also characteristic, which means that there are a lot of young people in the city. A youth scene of its own has developed on the streets and in the city park, and there is a selection of clubs and discos. Santiago del Estero is characterized by social differences. The unemployment rate in some city districts is 70%.
A free art scene is most likely to be found in music, although it is very folkloric here, and on stage. In addition to performances in the city theater, socially critical and highly political plays are usually performed in a church setting.
Santiago is the seat of the diocese of Santiago del Estero . The episcopal church is the Nuestra Señora del Carmen Cathedral .
The Estadio Victor Antonio Aguirre is the city's football stadium and home to Club Atlético Central Córdoba .
Town twinning
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Talavera de la Reina , Spain -
Toledo , Spain
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Castilla-La Mancha , Spain
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Hama , Syria
sons and daughters of the town
- Amancio Alcorta (1805–1862), composer and politician
- Bernardo Canal Feijóo (1897–1982), poet, historian, lawyer, sociologist, philosopher
- Julio Carreras (* 1949), journalist and writer
- Mariela Coronel (* 1981), soccer player
- Julio Cruz (born 1974), football player
- Domingo Cura (1929-2004), percussionist
- Orestes Di Lullo (1898–1983), writer, ethnologist, physician, historian
- Carlos Manuel Fernández Loza (1940-2005), writer
- José Ramón Maranzano (* 1940), composer
- Jorge Rosenberg (1948–1964), painter
- Jorge Rosenberg (* 1948), poet
- Rafael Touriño (1955–2005), draftsman and set designer
- Ricardo Touriño (* 1953), sculptor
- Oscar Guido Trejo (* 1988), football player
- Graciela Soria (* 1959), artist
Web links
- Portal of Santiago del Estero (Spanish)
- IFAM Population Statistics (Spanish)
- History and Culture (Spanish)
- LiveArgentina.com - City information (Spanish) ( Memento of January 5, 2010 in the Internet Archive )