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4 unusual facts about Tucumán province


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.

Miguel Ángel Estrella

Miguel Angel Estrella, original last name, Najem (b. 4 July 1940 in Tucumán Province, Argentina), is an Argentine pianist.

Riccardo Giovanelli

Born in Italy, he spent his childhood years in western Argentina (in Mendoza and Tucuman) but returned with his family to Italy when he was ready to enter university.

Septiembre Musical

Septiembre Musical is an annual international arts festival that takes place in the province of Tucumán, Argentina.


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.

Ethnography of Argentina

Italians became firmly established throughout Argentina, but the greatest concentrations are in the City of Buenos Aires, in Buenos Aires Province, Santa Fe Province, Entre Rios Province, Córdoba Province, Tucumán Province, La Pampa Province and, in the nearby country of Uruguay.

French Argentine

In 1904, the governor of Tucumán founded a town carrying his name, Villa Nougués, as a replica of Boutx in Haute-Garonne, a French village where his family traces its roots back to.

Otto Krause

Krause then began a career in the Argentine railways, working in the planning department of the Buenos Aires Western Railway in 1879 and later contributing to the lines' extension into then-remote Tucumán and Salta Provinces.

Susana Trimarco

Susana Trimarco is the mother of Marita Veron, who disappeared on April 3, 2002, from Tucuman’s capital city of San Miguel de Tucumán in northwest Argentina, and is believed to have been kidnapped by a powerful human trafficking network.


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