Humahuaca () is a small city in the

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. Since 2003 declared

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at the

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conference. It has 11,369 inhabitants as per the , and is the principal town (seat) of the Department of Humahuaca. The city is widely known for its location at the

Quebrada de Humahuaca The Quebrada de Humahuaca is a narrow mountain valley located in the province of Jujuy in northwest Argentina, north of Buenos Aires (). It is about long, oriented north–south, bordered by the Altiplano in the west and north, by the Sub-Andea ...

, along the Eastern valley of the central

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. Humahuaca is located north of

Tilcara San Francisco de Tilcara (usually referred to as Tilcara) is a city in the province of Jujuy, Argentina, and the head town of the Tilcara Department. It had 6,249 inhabitants at the . Traces of human habitation in the area date back more than 10,0 ...

and Purmamarca, in the colourful valley of

. In the center of the village, there is a church tower which can be seen from the main square with a clock that chimes at 12 pm, after which a small door opens and a figure of Saint Francisco Solano comes out and makes the

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Climate

Humahuaca has a

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(

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''BWk''), with two seasons: a mild summer with occasional thunderstorms from December to March, and a cool, extremely clear, rainless winter covering the rest of the year. Although afternoons are warm year-round, the extreme altitude means mornings are cool in summer and freezing in the rainless, cloudless winter.

Personalities

Uña Ramos Mariano Uña Ramos (27 May 1933 – 23 May 2014) was an Argentine musician. Uña Ramos was born in Humahuaca, Argentina, near the border with Bolivia. He was a renowned Andean musician and composer, a virtuoso of the quena, the end blown bambo ...

(1933-2014), composer and Quena (Kena) player, born in Humahuaca.

References

External links

San Francisco Solano de la Bendición (photos)

Filmed in Humahuaca

* Verónico Cruz,'' (1988). Populated places in Jujuy Province {{Jujuy-geo-stub