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Salta () is the capital and largest city in the Argentine province of the same name. With a population of 627,704 according to the 2022 census, it is also the 7th most-populous city in Argentina. The city serves as the cultural and economic center of the Valle de Lerma Metropolitan Area (Spanish: Área Metropolitana del Valle de Lerma, AMVL), which is home to over 50.9% of the population of Salta Province and also includes the municipalities of La Caldera, Vaqueros, Campo Quijano, Rosario de Lerma, Cerrillos, La Merced and San Lorenzo. Salta is the seat of the Capital Department, the most popul

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Salta is the capital and largest city of Argentina's Salta Province, with a population of over 627,000 people, making it the seventh most-populous city in the country. The city serves as the cultural and economic center for the broader Valle de Lerma Metropolitan Area, which includes several surrounding municipalities and is home to more than half of the province's population.

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Settlement.name
Salta
Settlement.official_name
Salta
Settlement.native_name_lang
es
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City
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Escudo-Salta.png
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Argentina Salta Province#Argentina
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Location of Salta in Argentina
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
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Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Salta
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Department
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Capital
Settlement.established_title
Founded
Settlement.established_date
April 16th, 1582
Settlement.leader_title
Intendant
Settlement.leader_name
Emiliano Durand (Vamos Por Salta)
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Metric
Settlement.area_total_km2
120

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