Yerba Buena, Tucumán

Yerba Buena is the capital of the department of Yerba Buena in the province of Tucumán in northwestern Argentina. It is located west of the provincial capital San Miguel de Tucumán, and together with it the Mar del San Miguel de Tucumán.

Population

According to the 2001 census ( INDEC ) Yerba Buena has 50,783 inhabitants. The city is primarily a residential city of the middle class and upper class. Villas, closed quarters and private club settlements (so-called Countries) prevail. In addition, there are also district with Slumcharakter.

History

In the period before the conquest by the Spaniards Yerba Buena was inhabited by peoples of the Lules and Tafi. With the colonization of the Jesuits came, the Reducciones founded, from which in turn originated estancias, which laid the foundation for agricultural development.

Economy

In Yerba Buena are the studios of TV station Canal 10 to match the prevailing social classes has along Avenida Aconquija developed a flourishing business community with upscale consumer goods and varied gastronomy.

Education

In Yerba Buena the Escuela de Agricultura y Sacarotecnia the Universidad Nacional de Tucumán ( UNT ) has its headquarters in the northern part of the city is currently another campus of the Universidad del Norte Tomás de Aquino under construction, a private university, headquartered in San Miguel de Tucumán.

Sports

• Tucumán Rugby Club
• Aero Club Tucumán

Attractions

• Cerro San Javier. About the Avenida Aconquija it reaches 25 kilometers from the city to the summit of Cerro de San Javier, on which the statue of Cristo Redentor of the sculptor Juan Carlos Iramain stands.

Selva de Yungas

By 1900, Yerba Buena was a dense forest of Tipa and Pacará - trees, as you can admire him in Percy Hill Park. This type of forest is part of the construction of the Yungas vegetation, which ( in Spanish designation) consists of the following ways: arrayán, Cedro, guar gum, Horco, Molle, Lapacho, Laurel, Mato, Nogal, Pacará, Tarco and Tipa.