Santiago del Estero

**Santiago del Estero** (, Spainyie for *Saint-James-Upon-The-Lagoon*) is the caipital o Santiago del Estero Province in northren Argentinae. It haes a population o 244,733 indwallers, () makkin it the twalt lairgest ceety in the kintra, wi a surface aurie o 2,116&nbsp;km². It lees on the Dulce River an on Naitional Route 9, at a distance o 1,042&nbsp;km north-northwast frae Buenos Aires. Santiago del Estero is the auldest ceety foondit bi Spaingie settlers in Argentina that still exists as sic, foondit in 1553. As sic, it is elk-namit "Madre de Ciudades" (Mither o Ceeties), as it is the first ceety foondit in the actual territory o Argentinae. It wis offeecially declared "Mither o ceeties an Cradle o Fowklear".

The ceety hooses the Naitional Varsity o Santiago del Estero, foondit in 1973, an *Universidad Católica*, foondit in 1960. Ither pynts o interest include the ceety's Cathedral, the Santo Domingo Convent, an the Provincial Aircheology Museum.

The Santiago del Estero Airport is locatit 6 kilometres north o the ceety, an haes regular flichts tae Buenos Aires an San Miguel de Tucumán.

The climate is subtropical wi a dry saison — uisually winter, an whiles hairst. It receives a average annual precipitation o 300&nbsp;mm, an the climate is wairm an dry

Santiago del Estero an its region are hame tae aboot 100,000 speakers o the local variety o Quechua, makkin this the soothmaist ootpost o the leid o the Incas. This is ane o the few indigenous leids survivin in modren Argentinae.

## Climate

Santiago del Estero lees in a transition zone atween mair temperate climates, teepical o the Pampa, an the hetter climates o the Chaco region: while daytime heichs are decidedly vera het, nichts tend tae ceul doun mair nor maist locations in the Chaco. It haes a humid subtropical climate (*Cwa*) unner the Köppen climate clessification.

The ceety is notorious for its vera het simmer wather: the average heich is  an  are attained on a regular basis; the heichest temperatur on record is . Nichttime temperaturs are  in midsummer. Thare is a vera short, wetter saison in Dizember an Januar, wi up tae  monthly; housomeivver, this rain faws durin a haundful o vera strang thunnerstorms, an sae the amoont that faws on a gien year is extremely variable.

Hairst is still wairm, wi average heichs o  in Apryle, an laws o . Temperaturs can still soar tae  in this saison. Rainfaw is scarce, an becomes practically 0 for 5 month: in Julie, anerly  are expectit. Winters bring vera pleasant days () wi markedly caulder nichts (unner ). Nanetheless, thir averages are obtained throu a alternance o heat waves an cauld waves: short periods o  are follaeed bi frosty days wi heichs aroond , an whiles the thermometer fails tae reach . The thermometer daes descend belaw , an the record law is .

Late in the winter, heat waves acome hintle mair common, an in September,  are already possible. The pattern o intense heat waves follaeed bi ceul, windy wather is teepical o spring, which is vera dry in Santiago an aw. The heich temperaturs, extreme dryness an heich winds creaut a vera dusty environment. In October, the average heich is awready , an rainfaw anerly arrives in late November. Dizember is as het as Januar, an the abundant rains mak the landscape green for a few months.
Tot precipitation is law, , an varies frae ane year tae anither.

## Cultur
 
Some important figurs relatit tae the history of Santiago del Estero are Colonel Juan Francisco Borges, who led the local battalion of the Army of the North during the Argentine War of Independence (and an ancestor of writer Jorge Luis Borges), the 19t-century painter Felipe Taboada, as well as Francisco René and Mario Roberto Santucho, founders of the *[[Wirkers' Revolutionar Pairty (Argentinae)|Partido Revolucionario de los Trabajadores]]* (Wirkers' Revolutionar Pairty, *PRT*) an the *[[Fowk's Revolutionar Airmy (Argentinae)|Ejército Revolucionario del Pueblo]]* (Fowk's Revolutionar Airmy, *ERP*), the twa leadin guerrilla organisations durin the wave o unrest in the 1970s.

The ceety is hame tae numerous important Argentine airtists, sic as Ramon Gómez Cornet, Carlos Sánchez Gramajo, Alfredo Gogna, Ricardo and Rafael Touriño in visual airts, an Jorge Washington Ábalos, Bernardo Canal Feijóo, Clementina Rosa Quenel, Alberto Tasso, Carlos Virgilio Zurita an Julio Carreras (h) in leeteratur.

Santiago's muusical heritage is ane o the maist important cultural aspects o the ceety, wi teepical fowklear chacarera an zamba. Some renouned airtists an groups include the Manseros Santiagueños, the Ábalos Brothers (led bi Adolfo an Alfredo Ábalos), Jacinto Piedra an Raly Barrionuevo.

## Notes

## See an aw
*1817 Santiago del Estero yirdquauk

## Freemit airtins
*Santiago del Estero  Cultur, airt, meeths: in Spainyie.
*Municipality o Santiago del Estero 
*Municipal info
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*Historia de Santiago del Estero
*Universidad Nacional de Santiago del Estero
*Torres Ministerios de Economía y Educación.