Monteros

Monteros is the head town of the Monteros Department in Tucumán Province, Argentina. It is south-west of the provincial capital San Miguel de Tucumán, at an altitude of , and is surrounded by four rivers. It had 23,771 inhabitants at the . The average temperature is in summer and in winter, with a high of and a low of .

Key facts

Settlement.name: Monteros
Settlement.native_name_lang: es
Settlement.settlement_type: Town
Settlement.image_skyline: Aereamonteros.JPG
Settlement.image_caption: Aerial view of Monteros
Settlement.pushpin_map: Argentina
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location of Monteros in Argentina
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Province
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Department
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Monteros
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric
Settlement.population_total: 23274
Settlement.population_as_of: 2010 census
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto
Settlement.timezone1: ART
Settlement.utc_offset1: −3
Settlement.postal_code_type: CPA base

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Wikidata facts

Population: 32081
Elevation: 360
Image: Aereamonteros.JPG
Dialing code: 03863

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Commons category: Monteros
postal code: T4142
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==History== thumb|left|Main square and Our Lady of the Rosary Church. thumb|left|Cristóbal Colón, main commercial city street. thumb The small village of Monteros was in an area acquired the military governor Don Felipe Antonio de Alurralde in 1754. In 1867 Monteros was declared a municipio and Don Domingo Segundo Aráoz appointed as its first mayor. Monteros subsequently grew in importance within the southern Tucumán region.