See also:

• TUCUMAN
• TUCUMAN, or SAN MIGUEL DE TUCUMAN

TUCUMAN, or See also:

• SAN

SAN See also:

• MIGUEL, MARIA EVARIST (1802–1866)

MIGUEL DE TUCUMAN  , a See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of See also:

• ARGENTINA

Argentina, See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of the See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of See also:

• TUCUMAN
• TUCUMAN, or SAN MIGUEL DE TUCUMAN

Tucuman, on the right See also:

• BANK

bank of the Sall, or Dulce See also:

• RIVER

river, 78o m. by See also:

• RAIL

rail N.W. of Buenos Aires, in See also:

• LAT

lat . 26° 50' S., See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long . 64° 35' W . Pop . (1895), 34,305; (1904, estimated) 55,000 . The See also:

• CLIMATE

climate is warm and enervating, with no See also:

• GREAT

great seasonal variation during the See also:

• YEAR

year except in the rainfall, which falls almost wholly between See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September and See also:

• APRIL

April . The temperature averages about 67°, with a maximum of 104° . Malarial diseases, especially " churho " (See also:

• FEVER (Lat. febris, connected with fervere, to burn)

fever and See also:

• AGUE (from Lat. acuta, sharp; sc. febris, fever)

ague), are See also:

• COMMON

common . Tucuman is laid out in See also:

• REGULAR

regular squares, and still retains many of its old characteristics, See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low buildings enclosing large courts (patios), with large rooms, thick walls, and See also:

• TILE (0. Eng. tigel, Fr. tuile, connected with Lat. tegula)

tile See also:

• ROOFS

roofs . The more noteworthy edifices and institutions of Tucuman are the " matriz " See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church, Merced church, cabildo, See also:

• NATIONAL

national See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college, normal school, the Belgrano See also:

• THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

theatre, See also:

• HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital, public library, courts of See also:

• JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

justice, See also:

• POST

post See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office, and sundry charitable institutions . Tucuman was founded in 1565 by Diego Villaruel at the confluence of the Sall and Monteros See also:

• RIVERS
• RIVERS, ANTHONY WOODVILLE, or WYDEVILLE, 2ND EARL (c. 1442—1483)
• RIVERS, EARL
• RIVERS, RICHARD SAVAGE, 4TH EARL (c. 1660—1712)

rivers, but frequent inundations led to a removal to its See also:

• PRESENT

present site in 1585 . In 168oit succeeded See also:

• SANTIAGO, or SANTIAGO DE CHILE

Santiago del Estero as the capital of the province of Tucuman, then under the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government of the See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish See also:

• VICEROY (from O. Fr. viceroy, mod. viceroi, i.e. Lat. vice, in place of, and roy or roi, king)

viceroy at See also:

• LIMA

Lima .

The province of Tucuman then extended from See also:

• JUJUY

Jujuy See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south to See also:

• CORDOBA
• CORDOBA, GONZALO FERNANDEZ DE (1453–15.15)

Cordoba . In 1776 the viceroyalty of La See also:

• PLATA, RIO DE LA, or RIVER PLATE

Plata was created and Tucuman was transferred to its See also:

• JURISDICTION
• JURISDICTION, CRIMINAL LAW, DIVORCE

jurisdiction . In 1816 a See also:

• CONVENTION (Lat. conventio, an assembly or agreement, from convenire, to come together)
• CONVENTION, THE NATIONAL

convention of delegates from the La Plata provinces met in Tucuman and signed (See also:

• JULY

July 9th) an See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act of See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

independence, which formally dissolved all ties with the See also:

• MOTHER

mother See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country .