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TUCUMAN, or SAN MIGUEL DE TUCUMAN

This article appears in Volume V27, Page 362 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: TOO-TUM
TUCUMAN, or SAN MIGUEL DE TUCUMAN , a city of Argentina,
capital
  of the province of Tucuman, on the right bank of the Sall, or Dulce river, 78o m. by rail N.W. of Buenos Aires, in lat. 26 50' S.,
long
 . 64 35' W. Pop. (1895), 34,305; (1904, estimated) 55,000. The climate is warm and enervating, with no
great
  seasonal variation during the year except in the rainfall, which falls almost wholly between September and April. The temperature averages about 67, with a maximum of 104. Malarial diseases, especially " churho " (fever and ague), are common. Tucuman is laid out in regular squares, and still retains many of its old characteristics, low buildings enclosing large courts (patios), with large rooms, thick walls, and tile roofs. The more noteworthy edifices and institutions of Tucuman are the " matriz " church, Merced church, cabildo, national college, normal school, the Belgrano theatre,
hospital
 
    See Also:
, public library, courts of justice, post office, and sundry charitable institutions.
Tucuman was founded in 1565 by Diego Villaruel at the confluence of the Sall and Monteros rivers, but frequent inundations led to a removal to its present site in 1585. In 168oit succeeded Santiago del Estero as the
capital
  of the province of Tucuman, then under the government of the Spanish viceroy at
Lima
 . The province of Tucuman then extended from Jujuy
south
  to
Cordoba
 . In 1776 the viceroyalty of La Plata was created and Tucuman was transferred to its
jurisdiction
 . In 1816 a convention of delegates from the La Plata provinces met in Tucuman and signed (July 9th) an act of independence, which formally dissolved all ties with the mother country.


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