San Miguel de Tucumán
San Miguel de Tucumán
Tucumán | |
|---|---|
Skyline of San Miguel de Tucumán Basilica of St. Francis Church of La Merced | |
| Coordinates: 26°49′59.00″S 65°13′00″W / 26.8330556°S 65.21667°W | |
| Country | Argentina |
| Province | Tucumán |
| Department | Capital |
| Established | 1565, 1685 |
| Government | |
| • Intendant | Rossana Chahla (PJ) |
| Area | |
• City | 90 km2 (34.88 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 480 km2 (209.3 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 431 m (1,300 ft) |
| Population (2010 census) | |
| • Density | 5,862.3/km2 (15,183/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 548,866 |
| • Metro | 830,000 |
| GDP (PPP, constant 2015 values) | |
| • Year | 2023 |
| • Total | $20.3 billion |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (ART) |
| Climate | Cwa |
| Website | smt |
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San Miguel de Tucumán (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈsam miˈɣel de tukuˈman]), usually called simply Tucumán, is the capital and largest city of Tucumán Province, located in northern Argentina 1,311 kilometres (815 mi) from Buenos Aires. It is the fifth-largest city of Argentina after Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Rosario and Mendoza and the most important city of the northern region. The Spanish conquistador Diego de Villarroel founded the city in 1565 in the course of an expedition from present-day Peru. Tucumán moved to its present site in 1685.