Tafà Viejo, Tucumán
Tafi Viejo is the capital of the department of Tafi Viejo in the province of Tucumán in northwestern Argentina. The city of more than twelve kilometers northwest of the provincial capital San Miguel de Tucumán and has 48 459 inhabitants (2001, INDEC ). The Ruta Provincial 314 connects the city to San Miguel de Tucuman and the Ruta Provincial 315 Yerba Buena.
Tafi Viejo called Capital del Limón (capital of lemon).
History
According to the historian Lizondo Borda Tafi the name dates back to the 16th century and Taui was pronounced. This was a corruption of the word thaaui from the language of Aymara and means as much as place where a cool wind blowing or cold place. If we decompose the Aymara word into its components, would thaa the importance of cold and ui would mean the location of the place where it is cold. This interpretation is supported by the city's location at the foot of Aconquija massif.
Tafi Viejo began as a summer resort in the provincial capital. Its growth and development owes the city but the Talleres de Tafi Viejo Ferroviarios. The railroad shops were the largest employer until its closure in 1980. They led to the establishment of other plants in their area and helped that Tafi Viejo one of the economically most prosperous towns in the province of Tucumán was. On June 2, 1939 Tafi Viejo was elevated to the rank of a municipalidad.
Unlike most cities in Argentina, the institutional and business center of the city did not develop to the Plaza Central, but along the Avenida Leandro N. Alem, that is west of the railway workshops.
With the decline of the railway as a transportation and the economic pulse through the railway workshops subsided. Also, their re-opening on a smaller scale on January 24, 1984, the government of Raúl Alfonsín could not stop the economic and social decline.
Tafi Viejo became the capital of the department of Tafi Viejo by the Ley Provincial 4518 from August 1976 resulted in territorial reorganization of the province of Tucumán.
Economy
Tafi Viejo is the largest Lemon -producing and - exporting region of Argentina.
Festivals
- Festival del Limón. Every year in September.