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  Salta Province, Travel and Hotel Information - Argentina Contact
Salta, in the valley of Lerma, is the capital of the Salta province; it is located at 1187 m.a.s.l.
It is characterized by its vineyards and one story houses between colonial and Baroque of the end of the XIX century.
With a journey of 219 Kilometers, it departs from the city Salta, it crosses the Valley of Lerma to be introduced in the Gulch of the Bull and to climb up to the Puna.
www.argentinacontact.com /en/conozca/salta.php   (805 words)

  
  CalendarHome.com - - Calendar Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Salta is a city in northwestern Argentina and the capital city of the eponymous province, situated at the foothills of the Andes mountains.
Salta is also the starting point of the "Train to the Clouds" (Tren a las nubes), and a must stop to red-soiled Cafayate, as well as to other nearby tourist destinations.
Salta was founded on April 16, 1582 by the Spanish conquistador Hernando de Lerma, who intended the settlement to be an outpost between Lima (Peru) and Buenos Aires.
encyclopedia.calendarhome.com /cgi-bin/encyclopedia.pl?p=Salta   (630 words)

  
 Dengue reemergence in Argentina. - Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Buenos Aires Province was reinfested in 1991 and the Federal District in 1995 (2,3).
Salta Province is located in northwestern Argentina (Figure 2) in the subtropical area between 22 [degrees] and 26 [degrees], 30 minutes south.
In Salta city the median temperatures are, 22 [degrees] C in summer and 15 [degrees] C in winter.
www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1G1-63805464.html   (1766 words)

  
 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Salta Province
Neighboring provinces are from the east clockwise Formosa, Chaco, Santiago del Estero, Tucumán and Catamarca.
In 1783, due to the importance of the city, the capital of the intendency of Salta del Tucumán is moved from Tucumán to Salta.
Salta Province is located at a geological active region, and suffers from occasional earthquakes.
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Salta_Province   (910 words)

  
 Salta Province (Argentina)
The flag of Salta was officially adopted by Law No. 6946 of the government of the province on June 5, 1997, after a contest for designing the flag organized by the Ministry of Education, under resolution No. 1820.
However archaeologists from Salta, theorize that ancient aboriginal cultures from the Calchaqui region of Salta, used this type of dark red already since it was made from local roots.
The cabs of the City of Salta are painted with the colors of the provincial flag.
www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/ar-a.html   (3881 words)

  
 Salta - PATAGONIA-ARGENTINA.COM
Salta, "the very beautiful one", as it says the meaning of this word in the local indigenous language, is simultaneously a city and a province.
The province of Salta is located in the far northwestern region of the Argentine Republic.
Salta is the capital of the province and its most important city.
patagonia-argentina.com /i/noa/salta/salta.htm   (1279 words)

  
 Salta Province
Salta is a province of Argentina, located in the northwest of the country.
Neighboring provinces are from the west clockwise Formosa, Chaco, Santiago del Estero, Tucumán and Catamarca.
The province is divided in 23 departments (spanish departamentos).
www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/s/sa/salta_province.html   (97 words)

  
 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Salta
Starwood Celebrates Grand Opening of Sheraton Salta in Salta, Argentina; Sheraton Brand Continues Its Expansion in South America with Addition of Sheraton Salta, Starwood's Eighth Property in Argentina.
Fitch Assigns `BB' To Province of Salta, Argentina.
Salta hopes seed assets will grow into trusts.
www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Salta   (538 words)

  
 Argentina - Salta - Tourism
The city of Salta, capital of the province, was founded on April 16th, 1582 by Hernando de Lerma, governor of Tucumán, on the orders of Perú placing it in a beautiful and fertile valley that has its name.
Known as ''Salta la linda'', it is one of the Argentine cities that has kept the colonial architectonic values.
One of the windows to the world that Salta has is the Train to the Clouds, with its incredible trips, full of emotions, to the viaduct ''La Polvorilla'' at 4200 m.a.s.l., it arouses the national and international interest of tourism.
www.argentinaturistica.com /2saliresenia.htm   (237 words)

  
 Hotel in Salta Argentina * HOTEL ALMERIA * Hotel en Salta Argentina   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Salta, the capital of the homonym province, was funded by Hernando de Lerma in 1582, who gave it his own name, later this one was changed for SAGATA: from the Aymara, that means: VERY BEAUTYFUL.
Because of its geographical position, in the north-west Argentinean Republic is the communications centre between the Chilean North, the north-east Argentine and the bordering areas from Bolivia and Paraguay.
From all the provincial capitals Salta is one of the most preserved cities that has its colonial arquitectural heritage almost intact.
www.hotelalmeria.com.ar /salta_eng.htm   (346 words)

  
 salta province - Information from Reference.com
Salta is a province in the north of Argentina.
Salta Province branch of the UTA labor union (Argentina)
The flag of the Salta Province branch of the UTA labor union is a symbol that
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 hoteles salta: hoteles y alojamientos en salta, argentina - Hospedata
Salta is a province of Argentina, located in the northwest of the country.
Salta Province is located at a geological active region, and suffers from occasional earthquakes.
Calchaquíes Valleys (Spanish: Valles Calchaquíes) is a valley the North-western region of Argentina that crosses the provinces of Catamarca, Tucumán and Salta.
en.hospedata.com /hotels_argentina/reservations.php?province=salta_argentina   (3669 words)

  
 Salta and Jujuy
Salta means ‘Very beautiful' in ‘quechua', language spoken by the first inhabitants from this land,.
Salta city, located in the central ‘Valle de Lerma', has a moderate climate with an annual average temperature of 16º and a rain average of 700 annual mts, distributed mainly during the summer season.
Salta at night has new profiles, where not only are ‘peñas' night lovers' attraction but also pubs, casinos and clubs, tango places with amazing live shows, jazz and rock bars, cinemas and theatres.
www.traveltango.com.ar /english/arg/sla_juj/sla_jujuy_eng.htm   (1503 words)

  
 Salta Province
The sparse vegetation of the Quebrada del Toro is a dramatic transition from the savanna and rain forest environments seen in eastern and northern Salta Province.
Salta and Jujuy provinces are truly a land of transitions.
Strata of the Cretaceous-Tertiary Salta Group are exposed in the Quebrada de las Conchas between Alemanía and Cafayate.
www2.brevard.edu /reynoljh/Argentina/Salta_Province.htm   (846 words)

  
 Salta travel guide - Wikitravel
South America : Argentina : Andean Northwest : Salta
The western part of the province is in the Andean Northwest region, the eastern part is in the Chaco region.
Salta is a colonial city founded in 1582 by Hernando de Lerma.
wikitravel.org /en/Salta_(province)   (128 words)

  
 Salta province (Argentina)
The new flag of Salta was adopted by the Provincial Government, after successful completion of a design contest called by Education Ministry resolution no. 1820.
The "honour piece" [centered, not in "honour place"...] is the coat of arms of the Province of Salta, with its azure field and the six pointed star, without the external ornaments [meaning crown, crest, tenants etc.].
However archeaologist from Salta, theorize that ancient aboriginal cultures from the Calchaqui region of Salta, used this type of dark red already since it was made from local roots.
www.allstates-flag.com /fotw/flags/ar-a.html   (440 words)

  
 ArgentineWines
Tobacco, bananas and sugar cane are also grown in the tropical Andean north which indicates the diversity of climate, Salta province, with but 15 bodegas, has two wineries with international distribution.
Salta has a particularly good park, Parque Nacional Los Cardones, home to a unique candelabra cactus commonly used for building.
The wine regions of Salta nearly 200 km or three hours south of the capital, in fact, very close to the Catamarca provincial boundary.
www.argentinewines.com /ing/regions/a_salta.asp   (408 words)

  
 Sierra Outfitters
alta Province is located in the North of the country, near the border with Bolivia.
Is call “Salta the beauty” for the incredible and wild beautiful countryside.
Salta will become the number one dove destination of the world in the incoming years.
www.sierraoutfitters.net /salta_dove.htm   (257 words)

  
 Argentine trips rough but worth their salt
The remote, crescent-shaped province in northwestern Argentina has dramatic gorges that stretch for miles, mountains that show off brilliant mineral hues and castlelike rock formations, green fields, cactus-strewn desert, and treeless tundra so high that the clouds float far below.
Salta, founded in 1582 by Hernando de Lerma, governor of Tucuman to the south, is a pleasant city.
Along with a couple from England and another from Switzerland, I set off for Quebrada de Humahuaca, a 96-mile-long gorge that runs through Jujuy province to a turnoff for Iruya, which is in Salta province.
www.azcentral.com /arizonarepublic/travel/articles/0305argentina0305.html   (1208 words)

  
 Wines of Argentina   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Although the plural designation for this area is basically incorrect (it is only one valley), the area in question includes several terroirs which are differentiated by their altitude, which ranges from 1,700 meters in Cafayate, to 2,000 meters in Yacochuya and Comarca de la Viña, to 2,400 meters in Colomé.
To the West are the Pastos Grandes, Nevada de Cachi and Quilmes ranges, and to the East are the Carahuasi Mountains, the Calchaquíes peaks, and the Cabra Corral reservoir.
Salta offers an interesting range of wines, among which the fragrant Torrontés whites (the most typical variety in the region) stand out.
www.winesofargentina.org /eng/regiones/salta.htm   (320 words)

  
 Secretaría de Turismo de Salta - Argentina
Salta stands out for its geographic and climatic heterogeneity, from the desert coldness of the Andes and the Puna to the subtropical heat of the jungle, with cool fertile valleys, mountains and rivers in between.
Salta 's traditional hospitality and provincial cordiality blend with its great cultural richness.
This museum was opened in Salta in 2004 and it allows visitors to fully understand and appreciate the Inca culture and heritage.
www.turismosalta.gov.ar /internacional/in/default.asp   (239 words)

  
 Internship in Salta - Argentina
Salta, the capital of the Salta Province, has a population around 450,000.
Salta’s surroundings are equally as enchanting, with countless natural wonders and other interesting sights waiting to be discovered.
Although the Salta Province belongs to one of the lesser developed regions of Argentina and the city itself is not one of the economic centers of the country, it still holds a variety of internship possibilities, a great deal of which are in the service sector.
www.elg-online.de /html/english/internship_salta.htm   (352 words)

  
 Dengue Reemergence in Argentina
The mosquito was also found in Buenos Aires Province (Zárate and Campana, 34.2 degrees and 34.4 degrees south, respectively) in February 1996 and October 1996 (early spring) (Avilés G, unpublished data).
Salta Province is located in northwestern Argentina (Figure 2) in the subtropical area between 22° and 26°, 30 minutes south.
In Salta city the median temperatures are 22°C in summer and 15°C in winter.
www.cdc.gov /ncidod/EID/vol5no4/aviles.htm   (1629 words)

  
 Salta
Capital city of the province of the same name, Salta has a touch of elegance that reveals a supmtuous past that still lives in its large old houses and flowery patios.
Towards the south of Salta, the Cafayate or Las Conchas Gorge is one of the most picturesque parts of this area.
Further to the north, along the same road, is Molinos, a traditional village in the Calchaqui Valley, 210 km from Salta, this is another village with indian roots and plenty archaeological testimonies.
www.pacificislandtravel.com /south_america/argentina/about_destin/salta.html   (1366 words)

  
 National Parks of the Yungas, Argentina
The major exception is the area along the province’s eastern limits, where the verdant subtropical yungas cover the slopes of the Serranía de Calilegua, home to the most accessible of several national parks that preserve this ecosystem in Jujuy and Salta.
Like Calilegua, it preserves a substantial sector of yungas cloud forest; like the isolated village of Iruya, the 72,000-hectare unit belongs to Salta Province, but access is even more difficult because the only road passes through Bolivian territory via the border post of Aguas Blancas, at the northern terminus of RN 50.
Directly east of Salta, Parque Nacional El Rey is 200 kilometers from the provincial capital by paved RN 9 and RP 5, and dusty (in winter) or muddy (in summer) RP 20.
www.moon.com /planner/argentina/mustsee/yunga_parks.html   (1207 words)

  
 American cutaneous leishmaniasis outbreak, Tartagal City, Province of Salta, Argentina, 1993 Revista do Instituto de ...   (Site not responding. Last check: )
American mucocutaneous leishmaniasis has been endemic in the northern provinces of Argentina, with human cases known since 1917(10,20) Reporting of leishmaniasis is mandatory (Law 15465), and the national records up to the 80's indicated that the average number of cases usually ranged from 40 to 90 per year, distributed in nine provinces2,3.
However, an outbreak due to Leishmania (Viannia) braziliensis took place in the province of Salta, Argentina, from 1984 to 1987, involving periurban areas, with similar incidence in males and females as well as within the youngest 15,16,19.
Tartagal, one of the most affected areas during the 1993 outbreak, is the third city in importance of the province of Salta with 51,250 inhabitants.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3855/is_200103/ai_n8939777   (900 words)

  
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The news release states that the sero-epidemiological studies performed in pigs of the locality of Tartagal, province of Salta, were positive for the FMD virus and that the lesions observed on the pigs indicate the disease appeared more than 30 days ago.
The province of Salta is approximately 930 miles north of Buenos Aires.
On 29 August 2003, pigs with foot lesions compatible with FMD were detected in the locality of Tartagal, department of San Martin, province of Salta, approximately 25 miles from the border with Bolivia.
www.promedmail.org /pls/promed/f?p=2400:1202:13549898800717616198::NO::F2400_P1202_CHECK_DISPLAY,F2400_P1202_PUB_MAIL_ID:X,22789   (673 words)

  
 Volunteer Adventures - Argentina Community Development Program
Home to colonial plazas, ornate architecture and sweeping vistas of the Andes, the city of Salta is northwestern Argentina's urban getaway amid the mountains.
But the region as a whole is also home the largest indigenous population in all of Argentina, and the Salta province is mostly rural and rife with poverty.
As a volunteer in Salta, you will have the opportunity to work alongside these motivated mothers, contributing to the physical, social and intellectual growth of underprivileged youth in and around the city.
www.volunteeradventures.com /proj_arg_youth_salta.htm   (506 words)

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