La Banda, Argentina
La Banda is the capital of the department of Banda in the province of Santiago del Estero in northwestern Argentina. The city is located eight kilometers from the provincial capital Santiago del Estero, only separated by the course of the Río Dulce. Two bridges connect the two cities, which together form an agglomerate. With its 95,000 inhabitants, La Banda is the second largest city of the province.
Transport links
La Banda is connected to the railway Ferrocarril General Mitre, which runs once a week to San Miguel de Tucuman and Buenos Aires.
The city access by road:
- West 1: The main access road to the city via the Puente Carretero on the Ruta Nacional 64 Also, the long-distance transport of Jujuy, Salta and Tucumán on the Ruta Nacional 9 and from Catamarca on the Ruta Nacional 64 combine to Ruta Nacional 34 for traffic to Rosario and Buenos Aires.
- West 2: The Puente Nuevo toll on the Autopista Santiago - La Banda takes on the traffic of the Ruta Nacional 9 and Ruta Nacional 64.
- South: Ruta Nacional 34 ( link road to the south of the country)
- East: Ruta Provincial 5 ( connecting road in the departments Figueroa and Alberdi )
- Northeast: Ruta Provincial 11 ( connecting road to Clodomira, La Aurora, Las Delicias )
- North West: Ruta Provincial 8 ( connecting road to Los Quiroga, Los Acosta, Chaupi Pozo, Ardiles )
- Southwest: Ruta Provincial 1 ( connecting road to La Bajada, Los Romanos, Los Pereyra, Brea Pozo
History
September 16, 1912: La Banda gets granted town rights.
Personalities
- Peteco Carabajal ( born 1956 ), musician and composer
- René Orlando Houseman ( born 1953 ), football player
- Carlos Juárez ( * 1916, † 2010), politician and Caudillo, Gobernador of Santiago del Estero