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Salta, city, capital of Salta provincia (province), northwestern Argentina. It lies in the irrigated Andes Mountains valley of Lerma, on a headstream of the Salado River. It was founded in 1582 as San Felipe de Lerma by Hernando de Lerma, governor of Tucumán. The Spanish royal forces were defeated at Salta (1813) during the Argentine War of Independence and capitulated to General Manuel Belgrano there. Despite damage caused by earthquakes, many of the city’s colonial buildings have been preserved, including the cathedral, and colonial-style architecture is used in many modern buildings as well. Salta’s Fiesta del Milagro (“Miracle Fiesta”), which ...(100 of 211 words)

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