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San Miguel de Tucuman

Argentina · Tucumán Province

San Miguel de Tucuman, usually called simply Tucuman, is the capital and largest city of Tucuman Province, located in northern Argentina 1,311 kilometres (815 mi) from Buenos Aires. It is the fifth-largest city of Argentina after Buenos Aires, Cordoba, Rosario and Mendoza and the most important city of the northern region. The Spanish conquistador Diego de Villarroel founded the city in 1565 in the course of an expedition from present-day Peru. Tucuman moved to its present site in 1685.

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Local time: UTC-3 · 3 h ahead of Costa Rica
Region: Tucumán Province
Main language: Spanish
On the map: 26.81° S, 65.22° W

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