Tolombón is a village and rural municipality in

Salta Province Salta () is a Provinces of Argentina, province of Argentina, located in the northwest of the country. Neighboring provinces are from the east clockwise Formosa Province, Formosa, Chaco Province, Chaco, Santiago del Estero Province, Santiago del Es ...

in northwestern

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.Ministerio del Interior
It is in the Cafayate department. It is 14 km south of

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 (). The t ...

. Currently, only 255 people live there.

History

It is unknown when this village was founded, but it is known that the

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conquered it in 1480. Tolombón was invaded again in 1535, by the Conquistadors.

References

Populated places in Salta Province {{Salta-geo-stub