Salta Province

Salta
Province of Salta
Provincia de Salta (Spanish)
The Calchaquí Valleys
Coat of arms of Salta
Nickname: 
La Linda (The pretty)
Location of Salta Province within Argentina
Location of Salta Province within Argentina
CountryArgentina
CapitalSalta
Departments23
Municipalities58
Government
 • GovernorGustavo Sáenz (PAIS)
 • Vice GovernorAntonio Marocco (PJ)
 • LegislatureChamber of Deputies (60)
Senate (23)
 • National Deputies7
 • National SenatorsNora Giménez (FDT)
Sergio Leavy (FDT)
Juan Carlos Romero (JXC)
Area
 • Total155,488 km2 (60,034 sq mi)
Population
 (2022 census[1])
 • Total1,440,672
 • Rank7th
 • Density9.3/km2 (24/sq mi)
Demonymsalteño/a
GDP
 • Totalpeso 31 billion
(US$6.7 billion) (2012)[2]
Time zoneUTC−3 (ART)
ISO 3166 codeAR-A
HDI (2021)0.844 very high (7th)[3]
Websitewww.salta.gov.ar

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.

  1. ^ "Nuevos datos provisorios del Censo 2022: Argentina tiene 46.044.703 habitantes". Infobae. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 2023-02-03.
  2. ^ "PBG Salta 2012" (PDF).
  3. ^ "El mapa del desarrollo humano en Argentina" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 25 June 2023.