Salta | |
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| Province of Salta Provincia de Salta (Spanish) | |
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 Coat of arms | |
| Nickname: La Linda (The pretty) | |
-2.svg) Location of Salta Province within Argentina | |
| Country | Argentina |
| Capital | Salta |
| Departments | 23 |
| Municipalities | 58 |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Gustavo Sáenz (PAIS) |
| • Vice Governor | Antonio Marocco (PJ) |
| • Legislature | Chamber of Deputies (60) Senate (23) |
| • National Deputies | 7 |
| • National Senators | Nora Giménez (FDT) Sergio Leavy (FDT) Juan Carlos Romero (JXC) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 155,488 km2 (60,034 sq mi) |
| Population (2022 census[1]) | |
| • Total | 1,440,672 |
| • Rank | 7th |
| • Density | 9.3/km2 (24/sq mi) |
| Demonym | salteño/a |
| GDP | |
| • Total | peso 31 billion (US$6.7 billion) (2012)[2] |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (ART) |
| ISO 3166 code | AR-A |
| HDI (2021) | 0.844 very high (7th)[3] |
| Website | www |
Salta (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈsalta]) is a province of Argentina, located in the northwest of the country. Neighboring provinces are from the east clockwise Formosa, Chaco, Santiago del Estero, Tucumán and Catamarca. It also surrounds Jujuy. To the north it borders Bolivia and Paraguay and to the west lies Chile.
- ^ "Nuevos datos provisorios del Censo 2022: Argentina tiene 46.044.703 habitantes". Infobae. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 2023-02-03.
- ^ "PBG Salta 2012" (PDF).
- ^ "El mapa del desarrollo humano en Argentina" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 25 June 2023.