2. Salta is a province of Argentina, located in the northwest of
the country. Neighboring provinces are from the east
clockwise Formosa, Chaco, Santiago del
Estero, Tucumán and Catamarca. It also surrounds Jujuy. To
the north it borders Bolivia and Paraguay and to the west
lies Chile.

3. Climate: The province is located on the tropic of Capricorn,
and receives both tropical and temperate influences. There
are five main climates in the province: the climate of the
Impenetrable to the east, the Yungas, the climate of low
valleys (Valles Calchaquies, Valle de Lerma), the climate of
the Altiplano, and the climate of the highest peaks.

4. 155,488 km 2
(60,034 sq mi)

6. ∗ Salta is one of the most beautiful province of
Argentina. There are colorful mountains, there
are animals that we can not find here, and typical
Salta food.
∗ In Salta there is a train that is called “tren de las
nubes”(train of clouds). There you can see all the
landscape .

7. ∗ One of the typical food in Salta is called
“Empanadas Salteñas” that is a mass of flour
and you can put, chicken, meat, ham and
cheese, sweet corn, and a lot of other
ingredients inside. Another food is sweet
corn or Corn salad. It consists of grains of
sweet corn, cheese and sugar. All this you put
it in the corn ear.

8. ∗ The advantage of Salta is the
population , there are a lot of
people all the year.
∗ The traditional foods are eaten by
all tourists.

9. ∗ The disadvantage is that there are
a lot of people that are poor and
that causes more contamination
and other problems.

10. ∗ In Salta you can do a lot of things,
trekking, that is walking in the
mountains, rappel, you go down a
mountain with a rope and riding horses.
∗ You can also go fishing; lakes are
beautiful, but in the dry season, some of
them have no water.