San Carlos (Salta)

San Carlos (Salta) 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

552,037 ha registered outline

Centre

25.7970° S, 66.0717° W

Also registered as

Valle de Pucará

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

32 km north of Cafayate

Nearest city

142 km north-west of San Miguel de Tucumán 548,866 people

To the sea

441 km

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

Terrain

Elevation

1,536–5,394 m

Mean elevation

3,040 m

Measured over the whole outline on 73,727 elevation cells of about 275 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Wineries · 1

• Bodega el Cese

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Sources

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