Santiago del Estero
Santiago del Estero
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About
Santiago del Estero is the capital of Santiago del Estero Province in northern Argentina. It has a population of 252,192 inhabitants, making it the twelfth largest city in the country, with a surface area 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. Estimated to be 455 years old, Santiago del Estero was the first city founded by Spanish settlers in the territory that is now Argentina. As such, it is nicknamed "Madre de Ciudades". Similarly, it has been officially declared the "mother of cities and cradle of folklore."
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The next week in Santiago del Estero
7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).
Today
Overcast
21° / 9°
UV Moderate
Sat
Drizzle
17° / 11°
0.7 mm
UV Moderate
Sun
Drizzle
16° / 11°
Mon
Clear
17° / 7°
UV Moderate
Tue
Partly cloudy
19° / 7°
UV Moderate
Wed
Overcast
20° / 9°
UV Moderate
Thu
Overcast
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
35° / -1°
Typical high / low
1 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
10.8h
07:50 – 18:36local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Santiago del Estero
2 commercial airports within 100 km. Closest is Vicecomodoro Angel D. La Paz Aragonés Airport (SDE) at 5 km.
Getting around Santiago del Estero
Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.
Local transit operators
Operators and modes aggregated by TransitLand from individual transit-agency GTFS feeds. Route classifications (subway / tram / rail / bus / etc) come from each feed’s GTFS route_type codes.
Sister cities
Sources
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- Wikipedia →
Summary, canonical article, and some image fallbacks.
- Wikidata →
Population, area, image, coordinates, and linked identifiers where available.
- NASA POWER →
Monthly temperature and rainfall climatology.
- Open-Meteo historical weather →
1991-2020 temperature and precipitation cross-check for compact climate fields.
- Open-Elevation →
Coordinate-based elevation backfill.
- tz database →
Coordinate-based IANA timezone lookup.
- City flag source →
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- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.