Tilcara
Sign in to saveSan Francisco de Tilcara (usually referred to as Tilcara) is a city in the province of Jujuy, Argentina, and the head town of the Tilcara Department. It had 6,249 inhabitants at the . Traces of human habitation in the area date back more than 10,000 years, making it one of the oldest continuously inhabited settlements of Argentina.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- San Francisco de Tilcara
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- es
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Tilcara General.jpg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Argentina
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of San Francisco de Tilcara in Argentina
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Tilcara
- Settlement.leader_party
- PJ
- Settlement.leader_title
- Intendant
- Settlement.leader_name
- Ricardo Romero
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 1.2
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 2,465
- Settlement.population_total
- 6249
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2010 census
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality
- Country
- Argentina
- Located in
- Tilcara Department
- Population
- 5691
- Elevation
- 2461
- Time zone
- UTC−03:00
- Capital of
- Tilcara Department
- Official website
- www.tilcara.gov.ar
- Image
- Tilcara (8), Iglesia.JPG
- Dialing code
- 388
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- Commons category
- Tilcara
- postal code
- Y4624
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Geography
- Climate
- References
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San Francisco de Tilcara (usually referred to as Tilcara) is a city in the province of Jujuy, Argentina, and the head town of the Tilcara Department. It had 6,249 inhabitants at the . Traces of human habitation in the area date back more than 10,000 years, making it one of the oldest continuously inhabited settlements of Argentina.
Tilcara is located 84 km from the provincial capital, San Salvador de Jujuy, beside National Route 9, at about 2,500 m above sea level, well within the first heights of the Andes.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tilcara” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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