Misplaced Pages

Frías, Santiago del Estero

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
(Redirected from Frías (Santiago del Estero))
You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Spanish. (May 2010) Click for important translation instructions.
  • View a machine-translated version of the Spanish article.
  • Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Misplaced Pages.
  • Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article.
  • You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Spanish Misplaced Pages article at ]; see its history for attribution.
  • You may also add the template {{Translated|es|Frías (Argentina)}} to the talk page.
  • For more guidance, see Misplaced Pages:Translation.
City in Santiago del Estero, Argentina
Frías
City
Frías is located in ArgentinaFríasFrías
Coordinates: 28°38′00″S 65°08′00″W / 28.63333°S 65.13333°W / -28.63333; -65.13333
Country Argentina
Province Santiago del Estero
DepartmentChoya
FoundedSeptember 24, 1874
Elevation335 m (1,099 ft)
Population
 • Total26,649
ZIPG4320
Area code03854
ClimateBSh
WebsiteOfficial website

Frías is a city in Argentina, located southwest of the province of Santiago del Estero, near the border with the province of Catamarca, and is the head of the Choya Department. It is located on the banks of the river Albigasta at coordinates: 28 ° 38'60 "S 65 ° 09'05" W.

The city was founded on September 24, 1874.

Population

It has 26,649 inhabitants (INDEC, 2010), representing a significant increase in 22,048 inhabitants (INDEC, 1999) the previous census. This magnitude is positioned as the third Agglomeration in the province. Before being planned as a city with the name Frías, it was known by the name of Villa Únzaga, when it was a railway stop. Frías, now known as "the city of friendship," because of its warmth towards its visitors, is experiencing population growth closely linked to the start-up firms in the new industrial area a few kilometers from the city that will generate many jobs and improve the lifestyle of the city.

Trivia

It is the first place where a marriage between persons of the same sex occurred in Argentina, July 29 of 2010.

References

  1. "The first marriage between same sex in the country after the approval of Law"


Stub icon

This article about a place in Santiago del Estero Province, Argentina is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

Categories: