Iruya
Sign in to saveIruya is a small town of population 1,070 in northwestern Argentina. It is located in the Salta Province of northwestern Argentina, and is the capital of the Iruya Department.
Key facts
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town in Salta Province, Argentina
- Settlement.image_skyline
- File:Classical view of Iruya, Argentina.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- View of Iruya
- Settlement.population_total
- 1523
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2010
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- 1.66
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Argentina Salta Province#Argentina
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of Iruya in Argentina.
- Settlement.established_date
- 1753
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 2780
- Settlement.timezone
- ART
- Settlement.utc_offset
- −3
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- heritage
- Country
- Argentina
- Located in
- Iruya Department
- Population
- 4177
- Elevation
- 2810
- Time zone
- UTC−03:00
- Image
- Classical view of Iruya, Argentina.jpg
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- postal code
- A4633
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Encyclopedic overview
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Iruya is a small town of population 1,070 in northwestern Argentina. It is located in the Salta Province of northwestern Argentina, and is the capital of the Iruya Department.
==Overview== Located in the altiplano region along the Iruya River, Iruya sits nestled against the mountainside at an elevation of . It is located over from the province capital of Salta. There is no direct road connection to the rest of the Salta province and access is through a road to the adjacent Jujuy province, a portion of which is unpaved. Nonetheless, the town is popular with tourists for its scenic location and townscape and friendly locals. 8 km north of Iruya there is the village of San Isidro, 7 km north there is the village of San Juan, 6 km south there is the village of Pueblo Viejo.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Iruya” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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