Salta Province

Salta Provincia de Salta (Spanish)
Province
Province of Salta
The Calchaquí Valleys
Flag Coat of arms
Nickname:  La Linda (The pretty)
Location of Salta Province within Argentina
Country	Argentina
Capital	Salta
Departments	23
Municipalities	58
Government
• Governor	Gustavo Sáenz (PAIS)
• Vice Governor	Antonio Marocco (PJ)
• Legislature	Chamber of Deputies (60) Senate (23)
• National Deputies	7
• National Senators	Nora Giménez (FDT) Sergio Leavy (FDT) Juan Carlos Romero (JXC)
Area Ranked 6th
• Total	155,488 km2 (60,034 sq mi)
Population  (2022 census[1])
• Total	1,440,672
• Rank	7th
• Density	9.3/km2 (24/sq mi)
Demonym	salteño/a
GDP
• Total	peso 31 billion (US$6.7 billion) (2012)[2]
Time zone	UTC−3 (ART)
ISO 3166 code	AR-A
HDI (2021)	0.844 very high (7th)[3]
Website	www.salta.gov.ar

Salta (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈsalta]) is a province of Argentina, located in the northwest of the country. Neighboring provinces are from the east clockwise Formosa, Chaco, Santiago del Estero, Tucumán and Catamarca. It also surrounds Jujuy. To the north it borders Bolivia and Paraguay and to the west lies Chile.