Santiago del Estero Vacations, Santiago del Estero Vacation Reviews, Tourism Guide

Santiago del Estero Vacation Guide

Santiago del Estero is the capital of Santiago del Estero Province in northern Argentina. It has a population of 244,733 inhabitants (2001 census [INDEC]) and a surface 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. Santiago del Estero is the oldest city founded by Spanish settlers in Argentina that still exists as such, estimated to be 455 years old, according to historical sources of Argentina. As such, it is nicknamed "Madre de Ciudades" (Mother of Cities), as it is the first city founded in the actual territory of Argentina.

The Santiago del Estero Airport (IATA: SDE, ICAO: SANE) at coordinates [show location on an interactive map] 27°45′56″S, 064°18′36″W is located 6 kilometres north of the city, and has regular flights to Buenos Aires and Tucumán.

The climate is subtropical with dry season — usually winter, and sometimes fall. It receives an average annual precipitation of 300 mm, and the climate is warm and dry

Santiago del Estero and its region are home to about 100,000 speakers of the local variety of Quechua, making this the southernmost outpost of the language of the Incas. This is one of the few indigenous languages surviving in modern Argentina.