Tucuman'

Tucuman', a north-central province of the Argentine Republic, with an area of 13,500 sq. m. and a pop. (1887) of 210,000. It enjoys a delightful climate, and in the east is very fertile; in the west the country rises to the picturesque Sierra de Aconquija. Stock-raising is an important industry.—The capital, Tucuman, on the Rio Sil, 3 miles from the mountains and 723 miles by rail NW. of Buenos Ayres, contains some handsome public and private buildings, a normal school, and several saw and flour mills and breweries. In the neighbourhood are orange-groves, sugar-plantations, and distilleries. Tucuman was founded in 1564; and here in 1812 Belgrano defeated the Spanish forces, and in 1816 a congress of deputies from the various provinces proclaimed the independence of the La Plata states. Pop. 26,000.