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Cafayate is a department located in
Departments of Salta Province website
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Salta Province
Salta () is a province of Argentina, located in the northwest of the country. Neighboring provinces are from the east clockwise Formosa, Chaco, Santiago del Estero, Tucumán and Catamarca. It also surrounds Jujuy. To the north it borders Boli ...
, in northwestern Argentina
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.
Situated in the south of the province and with an area of it borders the departments of San Carlos, La Viña, Guachipas and the provinces of Tucumán and Catamarca Catamarca may refer to:
*San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca, Argentina
*Catamarca Province
Catamarca () is a province of Argentina, located in the northwest of the country. The province had a population of 334,568 as per the , and covers an are ...
.
Towns and municipalities
*Cafayate
Cafayate () is a town located at the central zone of the Valles Calchaquíes in the province of Salta, Argentina.
It sits above mean sea level, at a distance of from Salta City and from Buenos Aires. It has about 12,000 inhabitants ().
Th ...
* Tolombón
* Las Conchas
* Santa Bárbara
Geography
The main rivers in the region are Calchaquí, and Santa María. Both end at the area called ''Las Juntas'' or ''La Ciénaga'', joining at the beginning of the Las Conchas river, which runs in the same-named vallery to the northwest, ending at the Cabra Corral reservoir.
Tourism
The Departament is known for its vineyards. Cafayate has other tourist sites such as an 18th-century mill built by theJesuits
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which is still used on occasion for the tourism trade.
References
External links
Departments of Salta Province website
{{Departments Salta Departments of Salta Province