Salta Province

   

Map of Argentina highlighting the province

Salta is a province of Argentina, located in the northwest of the country. The capital is Salta. The province has a population of 1,079,051 (2001), and covers an area of 155,488 km². Neighboring provinces are from the west clockwise Formosa, Chaco, Santiago del Estero, Tucumán and Catamarca. To the north it borders Bolivia and Paraguay and to the west lies Chile .

The province is divided in 23 departments (spanish departamentos).

Department (Capital)

  1. Anta (Joaquín Víctor González)
  2. Cachi (Cachi)
  3. Cafayate (Cafayate)
  4. Capital (Salta)
  5. Cerrillos (Cerrillos)
  6. Chicoana (Chicoana)
  7. General Güemes (General Güemes)
  8. General San Martín (Tartagal)
  9. Guachipas (Guachipas)
  10. Iruya (Iruya)
  11. La Poma (La Poma)
  12. La Caldera (La Caldera)
  13. La Candelaria (La Candelaria)
  14. La Viña (La Viña)
  15. Los Andes (San Antonio de los Cobres)
  16. Metán (San José de Metán)
  17. Molinos (Molinos)
  18. Orán (San Ramón de la Nueva Orán)
  19. Rivadavia (Rivadavia)
  20. Rosario de la Frontera (Rosario de la Frontera)
  21. Rosario de Lerma (Rosario de Lerma)
  22. San Carlos (San Carlos)
  23. Santa Victoria (Santa Victoria)




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