Tucumán Province

**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  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 .

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 , has a humid subtropical climate (subtype **Cfa** in the Köppen climate classification).

The average temperature for the year in San Miguel de Tucumán is . The warmest month, on average, is January with an average temperature of . The coolest month on average is July, with an average temperature of .

The average amount of precipitation for the year in San Miguel de Tucumán is . The month with the most precipitation on average is January with  of precipitation. The month with the least precipitation on average is July with an average of .

## 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  inhabitants/km<sup>2</sup>.

**Evolution of the population in Tucumán**

## Education

There are four universities in Tucumán:
1. **Universidad Nacional de Tucumán** (National University of Tucumán).
1. **Facultad Regional Tucumán**, part of the _Universidad Tecnológica Nacional_ (National Technological University).
1. **Universidad del Norte Santo Tomás de Aquino** (Saint Thomas Aquinas University of the North).
1. **Universidad San Pablo-T** (Saint Paul-T University).

## Political division

The province is divided into 17 departments ().

|class="unsortable"|No.|Department|Capital|Area <small>(km²)</small>|Population <small>(2010)</small>|Density||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|align="left"|Burruyacú|align="left"|Burruyacú||||
|2|align="left"|Capital|align="left"|San Miguel de Tucumán||||
|3|align="left"|Chicligasta|align="left"|Concepción||||
|4|align="left"|Cruz Alta|align="left"|Banda del Río Salí||||
|5|align="left"|Famaillá|align="left"|Famaillá||||
|6|align="left"|Graneros|align="left"|Graneros||||
|7|align="left"|Juan Bautista Alberdi|align="left"|Juan Bautista Alberdi||||
|8|align="left"|La Cocha|align="left"|La Cocha||||
|9|align="left"|Leales|align="left"|Bella Vista||||
|10|align="left"|Lules|align="left"|Lules||||
|11|align="left"|Monteros|align="left"|Monteros||||
|12|align="left"|Rio Chico|align="left"|Aguilares||||
|13|align="left"|Simoca|align="left"|Simoca||||
|14|align="left"|Tafí del Valle|align="left"|Tafí del Valle||||
|15|align="left"|Tafí Viejo|align="left"|Tafí Viejo||||
|16|align="left"|Trancas|align="left"|Trancas||||
|17|align="left"|Yerba Buena|align="left"|Yerba Buena||||

## Other websites

- Tucuman.gov.ar Tucuman Province Official Website
- TucumanTurismo.gob.ar Tucuman Tourism Official Website

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Tucumán
- **native name lang**: es
- **settlement type**: Provinces of Argentina, Province of Argentina
- **image skyline**: Tucumán-Casa-Gobierno-1.jpg
- **image caption**: Government building in San Miguel de Tucumán
- **image flag**: Bandera_de_la_Provincia_de_Tucumán.svg
- **image shield**: Escudo_de_la_Provincia_de_Tucumán.svg
- **nickname**:
 _The Garden of the Republic_
- **image map**: Provincia de Tucumán - localización en Argentina.svg
- **map caption**: Location of Tucumán within Argentina
- **subdivision type**: List of sovereign states, Country
- **subdivision name**: Argentina
- **subdivision type1**: Capital (political), Capital
- **subdivision name1**: San Miguel de Tucumán
- **subdivision type2**: Departments of Argentina, Departments
- **subdivision name2**: #Political division, 17
- **subdivision type3**: Municipalities of Argentina, Municipalities and rural communes
- **subdivision name3**: 112
- **leader title**: List of Governors of Tucumán Province, Governor
- **leader name**: Osvaldo Jaldo (Justicialist Party, PJ)
- **leader title1**: Provincial Legislature
- **leader name1**: 49
- **leader title2**: Chamber of Deputies of Argentina, National Deputies
- **leader title3**: Senate of Argentina, National Senators
- **unit pref**: Metric
- **area footnotes**:
Provinces of Argentina#Demographics, Ranked 22nd
- **area total km2**: 22524
- **population total**: 1,448,188
- **population as of**: 2010
- **population rank**: List of Argentine provinces by population, 6th
- **population density km2**: auto
- **population demonym**: _tucumano_
- **blank name sec1**: Human Development Index, HDI <small>(2016)</small>
- **blank info sec1**: 0.838 (List of Argentine provinces by Human Development Index, 14th)
- **timezone1**: Time in Argentina, ART
- **utc offset1**: −3
- **iso code**: ISO 3166-2:AR, AR-T