Tucumán Province facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Tucumán
Province of Argentina
Flag Coat of arms
Nickname(s):  The Garden of the Republic
Location of Tucumán within Argentina
Country	Argentina
Capital	San Miguel de Tucumán
Departments	17
Municipalities and rural communes	112
Area Ranked 22nd
• Total	22,524 km2 (8,697 sq mi)
Population  (2010)
• Total	1,448,188
• Rank	6th
• Density	64.2953/km2 (166.524/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	tucumano
Time zone	UTC−3 (ART)
ISO 3166 code	AR-T
HDI (2016)	0.838 (14th)

Tucumán is the smallest of the provinces of Argentina. It is in the northwest of the country and its capital is San Miguel de Tucumán, often shortened to Tucumán.

The province has the nickname El Jardín de la República (The Garden of the Republic), as it is a highly productive agricultural area.

Geography

The province of Tucumán has an area of 22,524 km² (8,697 sq mi) and is surrounded by the provinces:

• Salta to the north;
• Santiago del Estero to the east; and
• Catamarca to the south and west.

Tucumán has two main different geographical regions. The east is associated with the Gran Chaco flat lands, while the west presents a mixture of the Sierras of the Pampas to the south and the canyons of the Argentine Northwest to the north.

The highest peak in the province is the Cerro del Bolsón near the border with the Catamarca province. It has an elevation of 5,550 m (18,209 ft).

The main river of the province is the Dulce that flows through the province where is known as the Salí river.

Climate

San Miguel de Tucumán, with an elevation of 449 m (1,473 ft), has a humid subtropical climate (subtype Cfa in the Köppen climate classification).

The average temperature for the year in San Miguel de Tucumán is 19.3 °C (66.7 °F). The warmest month, on average, is January with an average temperature of 25.3 °C (77.5 °F). The coolest month on average is July, with an average temperature of 12.1 °C (53.8 °F).

The average amount of precipitation for the year in San Miguel de Tucumán is 1,013.5 mm (39.9 in). The month with the most precipitation on average is January with 210.8 mm (8.3 in) of precipitation. The month with the least precipitation on average is July with an average of 10.2 mm (0.4 in).

Population

The inhabitants of Tucumán are known, in Spanish, as Tucumanos (women: Tucumanas).

The province of Tucumán has a population, in 2010, of 1,448,188; its population density is of 64.3 inhabitants/km².

Evolution of the population in Tucumán

Education

There are four universities in Tucumán:

1. Universidad Nacional de Tucumán (National University of Tucumán).
2. Facultad Regional Tucumán, part of the Universidad Tecnológica Nacional (National Technological University).
3. Universidad del Norte Santo Tomás de Aquino (Saint Thomas Aquinas University of the North).
4. Universidad San Pablo-T (Saint Paul-T University).

Political division

The province is divided into 17 departments (Spanish: departamentos).

Departments of Tucumán province

Gallery

Provinces of Argentina
Buenos Aires | Buenos Aires Province | Catamarca | Chaco | Chubut | Córdoba | Corrientes | Entre Ríos | Formosa | Jujuy | La Pampa | La Rioja | Mendoza | Misiones | Neuquen | Río Negro | Salta | San Juan | San Luis | Santa Cruz | Santa Fe | Santiago del Estero | Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica, and South Atlantic Islands | Tucumán

Images for kids

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  Ruins of the Quilmes civilization, a Diaguita culture in the area

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  Downtown Tucumán in the 1920s

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  Mercedes Sosa, a folk singer from Tucumán

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  Tucumán Provincial Police

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  Operativo Independencia: Military zones of Argentina, 1975-1983 (Tucumán Province is in zone 3, the smallest province in the middle).

See also

In Spanish: Provincia de Tucumán para niños