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5 unusual facts about Salta Province


Ana Gloria Moya

Born in Tucuman, Moya works as a lawyer in the northwestern province of Salta.

Salta Province

Antonio Alice's painting, La muerte de Güemes, which received a Gold Medal at the Centenary Exposition, is on display at the offices of the Salta Provincial Government.

In 1774, San Ramón de La Nueva Orán was founded between Salta and Tarija (Tarija was added to the intendency later, in 1807).

Many visit the Cachi mountain and the villages (such as Payogasta) around it.

Tobacco industry in Argentina

The provinces of Jujuy and Salta (in the north-west), and Misiones (in the north-eastern Mesopotamia), are the leading ones, with over 45,000 tonnes/year each.


Kurnakovite

In addition to the type locality in Kazakhstan, kurakovite has also been reported from the Zhacang-Caka brine lake, Tibet; the Kirka borate deposit, Kiitahya Province, Turkey; the Kramer borate deposit, Boron, Kern County, California; Death Valley National Park, Inyo County, California; and the Tincalayu borax deposit, Salar del Hombre Muerto, Salta Province, Argentina.

Manuel Antonio Acevedo

He was ordained a priest on 8 December 1794 and served in Cachi, then Molinos in Salta Province, and later in Belén, Catamarca Province.

Otto Krause

Krause then began a career in the Argentine railways, working in the planning department of the Buenos Aires Western Railway in 1879 and later contributing to the lines' extension into then-remote Tucumán and Salta Provinces.

Valentín Ferraz y Barrau

He mounted campaigns in Tarija, Jujuy Province and Salta Province, recovering for the Spanish Crown those territories that had been occupied by the Argentine independence movement.


see also

Lozano

Padre Lozano, a village and rural municipality in Salta Province in northwestern Argentina

Metan

Metán Viejo, a village and rural municipality in Salta Province

Metán Department, an administrative division of Salta Province, Argentina

Pocitos

:Pocitos is also the colloquial name for the city of Salvador Mazza, Salta Province, Argentina

Republic of Tucumán

On 8 October 1814 the Supreme Director Gervasio Antonio de Posadas issued a decree saying the jurisdictions of Salta, Jujuy, Oran, Tarija and Santa Maria should be combined into the Salta Province with capital in the town of Salta.