Santa Victoria Oeste Explained

Official Name:Santa Victoria Oeste
Settlement Type:Municipality and village
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Argentina
Subdivision Name1:Salta Province
Subdivision Type2:Department
Subdivision Name2:Santa Victoria
Unit Pref:Imperial

Santa Victoria Oeste is a municipality and head of the Santa Victoria Department, at the northwest corner of the province of Salta, Argentina, between mountains and valleys on the border with the Plurinational State of Bolivia, 540 km from the city of Salta.[1]

It lies on the western edge of the jungles of the Yungas, north of the province of Salta, in a spot where the woods begin to merge at each step with grasslands Prepuna emerges as a vision the people, at 2,400 meters.

The village is situated between the mountains, west of the hills Bravo and San Jose, and east, the ridge of hills Shipyards, Paraguay and Vallecito, a cover lifted into the Yungas forests. And at the intersection of rivers Acoyte and La Huerta.

References

-22.2725°N -62.7125°W

Notes and References

  1. http://www.mininterior.gov.ar/ Ministerio del Interior