Loreto (Santiago del Estero)

Loreto (also: Villa San Martín ) is the capital of the department of Loreto in the province of Santiago del Estero in the north-western Argentina. It is located 59 kilometers from the provincial capital Santiago del Estero away with which it is connected via the Ruta Nacional 9. In the classification of municipalities in the province is classified as a congregation of the second category.

Population

Loreto (Santiago del Estero ) has 9,854 inhabitants (2001, INDEC ), which are 56 percent of the population of the department of Loreto.

Festivals

  • Festival del Rosquete (February)
  • Patronal feast of the Virgen de Loreto ( 10 December)
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