Tucumán (Spaingie pronunciation: ) is the maist densely populatit, an the smawest bi laund aurie, o the provinces o Argentinae.
Locatit in the northwast o the kintra, the caipital is San Miguel de Tucumán, aften shortened tae Tucumán. Neebourin provinces are, clockwise frae the north: Salta, Santiago del Estero an Catamarca. It is elknamit El Jardín de la República (The Garden o the Republic).
Tucumán | |
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Eik-name(s): The Garden o the Republic | |
Location o Tucumán athin Argentinae | |
Coordinates: 26°56′S 65°20′W / 26.94°S 65.34°W | |
Kintra | Argentinae |
Caipital | San Miguel de Tucumán |
Depairtments | 17 |
Municipalities an landwart communes | 112 |
Govrenment | |
• Govrenor | Osvaldo Jaldo (PJ) |
• Deputies | 9 |
• Senators | 3 |
Area | |
• Total | 22524 km2 (8,697 sq mi) |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 1,448,188 |
• Rank | 6t |
• Density | 64/km2 (170/sq mi) |
Demonym(s) | tucumano |
Time zone | UTC−3 (ART) |
ISO 3166 code | AR-T |
Website | www |
The wird "Tucumán" is likely a deformation frae the Quechua leids. It mey be a deformation o the term "Yucumán", which denotes the place o oreegin o several rivers. It can be a deformation o the wird "Tucma" an aw, which means the end o things. Afore the Spaingie colonization, the region wis in the ooter leemits o the Inca Empire.
The province is dividit intae 17 depairtments (Spaingie departamentos).
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