San Salvador de Jujuy
San Salvador de Jujuy
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| Coordinates: 24°11′S 65°18′W / 24.183°S 65.3°WCoordinates: 24°11′S 65°18′W / 24.183°S 65.3°W | |||
| Country | Argentina | ||
| Province | Jujuy | ||
| Department | Capital | ||
| Founded | April 19, 1593 | ||
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| - Intendant | Raúl Jorge (UCR) | ||
| Area | |||
| - Total | 19 km2 (7.3 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 1,259 m (4,131 ft) | ||
| Population (2001) | |||
| - Total | 237,751 | ||
| - Density | 12,513.2/km2 (32,409.1/sq mi) | ||
| Demonym | jujeño | ||
| Time zone | ART (UTC-3) | ||
| CPA base | Y4600 | ||
| Dialing code | +54 388 | ||
San Salvador de Jujuy (Spanish pronunciation: [san salβaˈðoɾ ðe xuˈxuʝ]), commonly known as Jujuy and locally often referred to as San Salvador, is the capital city of Jujuy Province in northwest Argentina. It lies near the southern end of the Humahuaca Canyon where wooded hills meet the lowlands.
Its population, as of the 2001 census [INDEC], is 237,751 inhabitants. If its suburbs are included, this figure rises to around 300,000. The current mayor is Raúl Jorge.
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City information
The city lies on National Route 9 that connects La Quiaca 289 km (180 mi) with Salta 120 km (75 mi), and it is 1,525 km (948 mi) from Buenos Aires. Tourist destinations not far from the city are Tilcara 84 km (52 mi), Humahuaca 126 km (78 mi), and the Calilegua National Park 111 km (69 mi).
Jujuy is located near the Andes, at the junction of the Xibi Xibi River and the Río Grande de Jujuy, 1238 meters above sea level. The weather is humid during the Summers and dry and cold during the winters. Temperatures vary widely between day and night times.
The city is the center of all the provincial government, financial and cultural centre. Most administrative offices related to economic activities that take place in other points of the province are located here; these activities include petroleum extraction and pre-processing, sugarcane and sugar industry (Ledesma), tobacco (El Carmen, 10 km south), steel (in nearby Villa Palpalá), citrus, and fruits and vegetables for local consumption.
The city has a colonial city centre including the Cabildo, the Cathedral, and a specially colourful Andean carnivals. The population of the city, and of the province in general, has a much more aboriginal character than the in rest of the country, reflected in the predominant Quechua, Aymara and Chiriguano people and cultures.
The Gobernador Horacio Guzmán International Airport (IATA: JUJ, ICAO: SASJ) at coordinates 24°24′00″S 65°05′00″W / 24.4°S 65.0833333°W, is 33 km (21 mi) southeast of the city (in Ciudad Perico) and has regular flights to Buenos Aires.
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Monument to Manuel Belgrano
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Belgrano Square and the Government Palace
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Cathedral of St. Francis
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Patio of the Cathedral Church
History
After previous attempts in 1565 and 1592, the current city was founded as San Salvador de Velazco en el Valle de Jujuy on April 19, 1593, by Francisco de Argañarás y Murguía. The settlement initially developed as a strategic site on the mule trade route between San Miguel de Tucumán and the silver mines in Potosí, Bolivia.
Reaching its peak importance during the colonial period, San Salvador de Jujuy declined to the status of a remote provincial capital after the Argentine Declaration of Independence in 1816. The town became the capital of Jujuy Province when the latter separated from Salta Province in 1834. The 1863 Jujuy earthquake leveled the town, and it recovered slowly in the following decades. Jujuy began to grow following the arrival of the Northern Central Railway in 1900. Its first institution of higher learning, the Economic Sciences Institute, was established in 1959, and was incorporated into the new National University of Jujuy in 1973. The city was the location of a number of Argentine films, including Veronico Cruz (1988) and Una estrella y dos cafés (2005). The city's impoverished Lower Azopardo neighborhood would later give rise to Milagro Sala's Indigenist Tupac Amaru Neighborhood Association.
Climate
Jujuy has a very pleasant climate for northern Argentina, mainly because of the altitude. Summers bring warm days at 28ºC (82F) and pleasant, nice nights at 16ºC (61F) with frequent thunderstorms. The rest of the year is sunny, with delightful falls at about 24ºC (75F) during the day and 11ºC (52F) at night, crisp, dry winters with warms days of 19ºC (66F) and cold nights at 4ºC (39F), and sunny springs with warm days (26ºC, or 79F) and cool nights (11ºC, 52F). During heat waves, temperatures can sometimes reach 35ºC (95F) but these are not frequent and nights always bring significant cooling, as opposed to many low-lying areas in Northern Argentina. During the winter, temperatures can reach -7ºC (19F) and snow, although rare, may fall sometimes. Precipitation is about 800 mm, which fall in the form of thunderstorms during the warmest months.
Twinned cities
- ^ South American Handbook 2009 ISBN 978 1 906098 36 0 p.173
- ^ Indec:Instituto Nacional De Estadistica Y Censos De La Republica Argentina
