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Salta (Spanish:) is the capital and largest city in the Argentine province of the same name. With a population of 618,375 according to the 2010 census, it is also the 7th most-populous city in Argentina .
It was created on 29 October 2001 as an extension of the Ministry of Culture, as the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sports, by President Fernando de la Rúa. [4] The first minister responsible was Hernán Lombardi, but his tenure – as well as the ministry's existence – was cut short by the resignation of De la Rúa and his entire government less than two months later on 20 December 2001.
In 1834, Jujuy withdrew from Salta and became a separate province. The borders of Salta were further reduced in 1900, with the loss of Yacuiba to Bolivia. The National Government of Los Andes, constituted from the province in 1902 with a capital at San Antonio de los Cobres, was returned to Salta Province in 1943 as the Department of Los Andes.
In the temperate valleys which includes the cities of Salta and Jujuy, they have a temperate climate, with mild temperatures in the summer (a mean of 20 °C (68.0 °F) in Salta, 21 °C (69.8 °F) in Jujuy in January) [14] and extremely dry and cool winters with regular frosts (a mean of 10 °C (50.0 °F) in Salta and 10.5 °C (50.9 °F) in ...
Cafayate is a department located in Salta Province, in northwestern Argentina. Situated in the south of the province and with an area of 1,570 km 2 (606 sq mi) it borders the departments of San Carlos, La Viña, Guachipas and the provinces of Tucumán and Catamarca .
Cafayate (Spanish pronunciation: [kafaˈʎate]) is a town located at the central zone of the Valles Calchaquíes in the province of Salta, Argentina.It sits 1,683 metres (5,522 ft) above mean sea level, at a distance of 189 kilometres (117 mi) from Salta City and 1,329 kilometres (826 mi) from Buenos Aires.