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San Miguel de Tucumán    is the capital of the  Tucumán Province , located in northern  Argentina  at 1,311 kilometres from  Buenos Aires . It is the fifth biggest city of Argentina after Buenos Aires,  Córdoba ,  Rosario  and  Mendoza , and it is also the most important city of Northern Argentina. It was founded in 1565 by Spanish  Conquistador   Diego de Villarroel  during an expedition from  Peru , and was moved to its present site in 1685.

Buenos Aires  is the capital and largest city of  Argentina , and the  second-largest metropolitan area  in  South America , after  Greater Sao Paulo  It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the  Río de la Plata , on the southeastern coast of the South American continent.  Greater Buenos Aires  conurbation, which also includes several  Buenos Aires Province   districts , constitutes the third-largest  conurbation  in  Latin America , with a population of around thirteen million.

Ruins of the Quilmes civilization The  Quilmes  people were an  indigenous tribe  of the  Diaguita  group settled in the western  subandean  valleys of today’s  Tucumán  province, in northwestern  Argentina . They fiercely resisted the  Inca  invasions of the 15th century, and continued to resist the  Spaniards  for 130 years, until being defeated in 1667. Spanish invaders relocated the last 2,000 survivors to a reservation 20 km south of  Buenos Aires . This 1,500 km journey was made by foot, causing hundreds of Quilmes to die in the process. By 1810, the reservation was abandoned as a result of its having become a ghost town. The survivors ultimately settled in what is now the city of  Quilmes . The Quilmes Indians were one of the fiercest cultures which resisted the  Incas  but eventually fell to the Spaniards. Today, there are only a few Quilmes left in Tucumán Province...

The Potrero de Yala Provincial Park   The Potrero de Yala Provincial Park (Yala PPP) is the oldest protected area of ​​the Province of Jujuy.  In her beautiful landscapes coexist with local people and visitors from all latitudes.  The landscape combines natural elements such as lakes and hills covered Yungas, with others of human origin, such as orchards, houses and livestock. Local people develop in their territory farming activities based on ancient customs, Andean and gauchos. Nature and culture are, for decades, the values ​​that make the park a place of great attraction. This protected area located just 30 km from the city of San Salvador de Jujuy, preserves a section of Montane Forest and Range Fog of Yungas that includes a set of lakes (Lagunas de Yala) and alder forests, pine hill, molulos, queñoas and pepper trees on the hillsides.With approximately 1800 hectares, the Potrero de Yala Provincial Park (Yala PPP) offers tourists a green alternat...