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13 unusual facts about Santiago del Estero


Argentine real

Other provinces issued coins denominated in reales (silver) and escudos (gold): Córdoba, Entre Ríos, La Rioja, Mendoza, Salta, Santiago del Estero and Tucumán.

Arturo Rawson

Born in Santiago del Estero, Rawson attended Argentina’s Military College, which he graduated from in 1907 and subsequently taught at for a time.

Basilio Lami Dozo

Basilio Lami Dozo Arturo Ignacio was born into a traditional family in the province of Santiago del Estero who are descendants of immigrants from Syria and Lebanon who came to the Republic of Argentina before the disappearance of the Ottoman Empire after the World War.

Diego López de Zúñiga, 4th Count of Nieva

In 1562, the city of Santiago del Estero (today in Tucumán province, Argentina) was founded by Francisco de Aguirre on orders of the viceroy.

Enzo Kalinski

Enzo Kalinski (born 10 March 1987 in Santiago del Estero, Argentina) is an Argentine footballer who playing for San Lorenzo of the Primera División in Argentina.

Farid Nazha

He got married and moved to Santiago del Estero in March 1920 where he worked there, and after 11 years he went back to Buenos Aires.

Gomphothere

Isotopic analyses for South American gomphotheres suggest a wide dietary for N. platensis except for the localities in Santiago del Estero and La Carolina in Ecuador.

Jorge Ramón Cáceres

Born in Santiago del Estero, Argentina, Cáceres began his profesional football career with San Martín de Tucumán.

Julio Carreras

Carreras worked as director of the cultural section of the daily El Liberal in Santiago del Estero, and contributed pieces to several magazines in Argentina and abroad.

La Banda, Argentina

La Banda is located only 8 km away from the provincial capital Santiago del Estero, separated from it by the course of the Dulce River, which is crossed by two connecting bridges.

Luis Galván

Luis Adolfo Galván (born 24 February 1948 in Fernández, Santiago del Estero) is a retired Argentine footballer, who played in the centre back position.

Miguel Albarracín

Miguel Ángel Albarracín (born June 8, 1981 in Pinto, Santiago del Estero) is a male judoka from Argentina, who won the bronze medal in the extra lightweight division (– 60 kg) at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Patricia Bermúdez

Patricia Alejandra Bermúdez (born 5 February 1987 in Santiago del Estero) is an Argentine freestyle wrestler.


Battle of Famaillá

In order to open new fronts, he sent two divisions, one to Santiago del Estero, which failed without a fight, and another to Cuyo, which was destroyed at the Battle of San Cala.

Catholic University of Santiago del Estero

Its main, Santiago del Estero campus was built in 1979, and the institution maintains campuses in San Salvador de Jujuy (1993), Olivos (1994), and Rafaela (1997).

Diego de Rojas

He died shortly afterwards in 1544 from the effects of a poisoned arrow in Santiago del Estero.

Manuel Tato

He served as auxiliary bishop of Buenos Aires from 1948 till 1961, when he became bishop of Santiago del Estero.