Santiago del Estero travel guide

Santiago del Estero is a city in northern Argentina, the capital of the Santiago del Estero Province. It has a population of 244,733 inhabitants 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.
The city houses the Universidad Nacional de Santiago del Estero, founded in 1973, and Universidad Católica, founded in 1960. Other points of interest include the city's Cathedral, the Santo Domingo Convent, and the Provincial Archeology Museum.
The Santiago del Estero Airport at coordinates is located 6 kilometres north of the city, and has regular flights to Buenos Aires and Tucumán.
The local climate is warm and dry, and it practically does not have a winter season.
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. (...) more....

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