San Salvador de Jujuy

San Salvador de Jujuy is a city of the North-West of the Argentine, capital of the province of Jujuy. It had a population of 237.751 inhabitants (in 2001).

Situation

It is located at the south of the province, with the confluence of Ríos Grande and Xibi Xibi.

The historical center of the town of San Salvador de Jujuy is in the middle of an amphitheater of high mountains (in the west Nevado Chañi makes nearly 6.000 meters of altitude) and is limited to north and the east by the Río Grande and to the south by the Río Chico or Xibi Xibi.

At the XXe century the city whose nickname is " Tacita de Plata" extended mainly to the south and south-east from Río Xibi Xibi, and more slightly to the north of Río Grande.

History

The city was founded on April 19th, 1593 in the territory of the jujuyes which belong to the ethnos group Omaguaca, after multiples and vain attempts in advance Spanish.

During the War of Argentinian independence at the beginning of the XIXe century, Jujuy was the seat many battles.

San Salvador de Jujuy became the capital of the province when Jujuy separated from Salta, in 1834.

Route de l' money or road of Plata

During Spanish colonization the town of San Salvador de Jujuy constituted a big step on the road of Potosí in Bolivia, towards the wearing of Buenos Aires. This road was borrowed by the convoys which drained the money of the mines of Potosi in the High-Peru of the time (current Bolivia) towards Spain. Let us note that money says Plata in Spanish from where the name of Río of Plata given to the river bathing the Argentinian capital because it is there that the port of shipment of the money was located.

This road crossed all the province of Jujuy. It still exists. It starts of Potosí in Bolivia, country which it leaves after the locality of Villarzon. It enters in Argentinian territory (province of Jujuy) by the town of Quiaca, then crosses Abra Pampa, engages in Quebrada, crosses Humahuaca, Tilcara, Tumbaya, Volcán and arrives then at Jujuy from where it continues towards Tucuman and Buenos Aires. It was doubled of a way of railroad currently connecting La Paz and Buenos Aires and borrowing it also the North-South furrow of the Quebrada de Humahuaca.

Transportation routes

San Salvador de Jujuy became a very important node of communication in Argentina of the North-West, especially since 2005. Indeed, one opened in the vicinity a modern main road (the trunk road 52) towards the Andean collar of Paso de Jama at the border Chile enne, section key of the great interoceanic way, having to connect the Atlantic to peaceful, via the Argentinian province of Jujuy, according to an international plan called Eje de Capricornio i.e. Axe of the Capricorn . This axis must connect Curitiba close to São Paulo to the Brésil with Antofagasta in Chilean north.

This plan comprises also a railway shutter, namely modernization of the railway known as Ferronor and connecting the town of San Salvador de Jujuy to Formosa on the Paraguay as well as that known as General Belgrano which establishes the link with the close Bolivia.

Finally president Kirshner announced that soon the authorizations will be given for the construction of a new railway towards the Pacifique coast of Chile.

Tourism

The Casa of Gobierno is a beautiful interesting building combining of the Spanish and neo-classic elements colonial italianizing with French influences Belle Time. The Cathédrale of San Salvador de Jujuy is a beautiful building of Spanish colonial style. The beautiful Theater Miter, of Italian style, built in 1901 was one of the first of the country. Still let us note the following buildings: the Vault of Santa Bárbara , the church of San Francisco , the Antigua Estación del Ferrocarril Belgrano (the old Belgrano railway station) , the Hospital San Castling , the Museo Histórico Provincial Carlos Darwin and the Museo Lavalle . Among the parks and walks one will retain the Parque San Martín , the Plaza Belgrano and the Parque 25 of Agosto (Park of August 25th) .

Religion

San Salvador de Jujuy is the seat of a évêché catholic Suffragant of the Archevêché of Salta.

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