Map of Santiago del Estero
Santiago del Estero is a first-level division of Argentina. Its largest mapped city is Santiago del Estero, with about 354,692 people in the metropolitan area. The interactive map below is centred on Santiago del Estero, and the tables list its 4 mapped cities.
- Cities Mapped
- 4
- Largest City
- Santiago del Estero
- Country
- Argentina
Interactive Map of Santiago del Estero
About Santiago del Estero
Santiago del Estero (Spanish pronunciation: [sanˈtjaɣo ðel esˈteɾo], Spanish for Saint-James-Upon-The-Lagoon) is the capital of Santiago del Estero Province in northern Argentina. It has a population of 252,192 inhabitants, (2010 census [INDEC]) making it the twelfth largest city in the country, with a surface area of 2,116 km2. It lies on the Dulce River and on National Route 9, at a distance of 1,042 km north-northwest from Buenos Aires. Estimated to be 455 years old, Santiago del Estero was the first city founded by Spanish settlers in the territory that is now Argentina. As such, it is nicknamed "Madre de Ciudades" (Mother of Cities). Similarly, it has been officially declared the "mother of cities and cradle of folklore."
The city houses the National University of Santiago del Estero, founded in 1973, and the Universidad Católica, founded in 1960. Other points of interest include the city's Cathedral, the Santo Domingo Convent, and the Provincial Archeology Museum.
The Santiago del Estero Airport is located 6 kilometres north of the city, and has regular flights to Buenos Aires and San Miguel de Tucumán.
The climate is subtropical with cool dry winters and wet humid summers. It receives an average annual precipitation of 600 mm, and the climate is warm.
Santiago del Estero and its surroundings are home to about 100,000 speakers of the local variety of Quechua, making it the southernmost outpost of the language of the Incas. It is one of the few indigenous languages surviving in modern Argentina.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia: Santiago del Estero (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Santiago del Estero in Depth
History
After a series of exploratory expeditions from Chile starting in 1543, Santiago del Estero del Nuevo Maestrazgo was founded on July 25, 1553, by Francisco de Aguirre (although some historians consider its true foundation to be in 1550). Although it is the oldest city in Argentina, it preserves little of its former Spanish colonial architecture, except for several churches.
In 1576, the governor of a province in northern Argentina commissioned the military to search for a huge mass of iron, which he had heard that Natives used for their weapons. They called the area "Heavenly Fields," translated into Spanish as Campo del Cielo.
Climate
Santiago del Estero lies in a transition zone between more temperate climates, typical of the Pampa, and the hotter climates of the Chaco region: while daytime highs are decidedly very hot, nights tend to cool down more than most locations in the Chaco. It has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) bordering on a humid subtropical climate (Cwa) under the Köppen climate classification.
The city is notorious for its very hot summer weather: the average high is 34 °C (93.2 °F) and 40 °C (104.0 °F) are attained on a regular basis; the highest temperature on record is 46.5 °C (115.7 °F) on November 1, 2009. Nighttime temperatures are 20 °C (68.0 °F) in midsummer.
Sections adapted from Wikipedia: Santiago del Estero (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Santiago del Estero: Key Facts
| Population | 311,487 (2022) |
|---|---|
| Area | 2,116 km² |
| Established | 1553 |
Facts from Wikidata Q44253 (CC0).
History of Santiago del Estero: Empires and States
The atlas records 4 polities whose mapped territory included part of Santiago del Estero, from The Spanish Empire in 1582 CE to 2024 CE. They are listed in the order they first appear.
| Polity | Period here |
|---|---|
| The Spanish Empire | 1582–1810 CE |
| Río de la Plata | 1811–1833 CE |
| Argentine Confederation | 1834–1929 CE |
| Argentine Republic | 1930–2024 CE |
Historical Maps of Santiago del Estero
Santiago del Estero on the world map in each year one of these states held it:
Derived by testing mapped cities against dated territorial polygons. Dates are when the polygons cover this place, not the polity's whole lifespan, and polities absent from the source dataset are not listed.
Largest Cities in Santiago del Estero
4 cities mapped. Ranked by metropolitan population. A port city's harbour is written up on the page of its sea.
| # | Name | Population | Region | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santiago del Estero | 354,692 | Santiago del Estero | Admin-1 capital |
| 2 | Añatuya | 14,133 | Santiago del Estero | Populated place |
| 3 | Frias | 13,594 | Santiago del Estero | Populated place |
| 4 | Monte Quemado | 11,387 | Santiago del Estero | Populated place |
Santiago del Estero: Quick Answers
- Where is Santiago del Estero?
- Santiago del Estero is a first-level division of Argentina, in South America. Its mapped cities centre on 27.6747° S, 63.7791° W.
- What is the largest city in Santiago del Estero?
- Santiago del Estero is the largest city mapped in Santiago del Estero, with a metropolitan population of about 354,692.
- How many cities are in Santiago del Estero?
- YearMaps maps 4 cities and towns in Santiago del Estero, with a combined metropolitan population of about 393,806. This counts mapped settlements, not every municipality.