Alto de la Sierra

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Alto de la Sierra
Village
Coordinates: 22°44′S 62°30′W / 22.733°S 62.500°W / -22.733; -62.500
Country Argentina
ProvinceSalta Province
DepartmentRivadavia
Elevation
587 ft (179 m)
Population
 (2001)
 • Total781
Post code
A4561
Area Code0387
ClimateCwa

Alto de la Sierra is a village and rural municipality in Salta Province within the Rivadavia department in northwestern Argentina.[1] Much of the population is aboriginal, engaged mainly in small-scale farming.

Location[edit]

Alto de la Sierra is located over 50 km southeast of the town of Santa Victoria Este, through a path that connects to the Formosan town of General Mosconi.

Population[edit]

Alto de la Sierra had 781 inhabitants (INDEC, 2001). In the previous census of 1991, the area was listed as a dispersed rural population.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ministerio del Interior (in Spanish)

22°44′S 62°30′W / 22.733°S 62.500°W / -22.733; -62.500