Cachi

Cachi is a IG of Salta in Argentina.

The map shows the official outline with relief, 3D terrain, slope and exposure, climate and soil.

Key facts

Type

IG (department)

Within

Salta

Area

280,392 ha registered outline

Centre

25.0164° S, 66.2362° W

Legal basis

Ley 25.163 (1999) and INV resolutions (C.32/2002, C.37/2002 and later); official INV list of 18 April 2024 plus the 2025 IGs.

Outline: Built from the administrative units that the legal definition names.

Where it is

Nearest town

77 km west of San José de los Cerrillos

Nearest city

86 km west of Salta 520,683 people

To the sea

423 km

Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.

Terrain

Elevation

2,172–6,332 m

Mean elevation

3,513 m

Measured over the whole outline on 147,459 elevation cells of about 138 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Sources

geoBoundaries ARG ADM2 (2020) (Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Intergovernmental Organisations (CC BY 3.0 IGO))