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Tucumán province is located in the northwest of the country. The capital is San Miguel de Tucumán, often shortened to Tucumán. It shares the region with Salta, Jujuy, Santiago del Estero and Catamarca. Far from Buenos Aires city at 1,193 kilometers.
Popularly known as "El Jardín de la República" ( The Republic's Garden)
It is because of the abundant precipitations that Tucumán has a wide area of abundant vegetation that justifies that title.
In spite of the small size of Tucumán, its necessary to distinguish two different geographical systems. The east is associated to the Gran Chaco flat lands, while the west presents a mixture of the Sierras of the Pampas to the south, and the canyons of the Argentine Northwest to the north, being the highest peak the Cerro del Bolsón with 5,550 meters.
Warm sub-tropical temperatures rein almost all over the province, but the mountain region receives more than 1,500 mm of precipitations per year, in contrast with the 600 mm of the plains. This is due to the effect of the mountains on the humid winds from the Atlantic Ocean that elevate the wind to higher, and thus colder air, forcing the condensation of the humidity and later rain.
Calchaqui Valley Circuit is the circuit par excellence, since there is a unique combination of nature and history for tourists to enjoy.
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