San Salvador de Jujuy (Spanish pronunciation: [san salβaˈðoɾ ðe xuˈxuʝ]), commonly known as Jujuy and locally often referred to as San Salvador, is the capital city of Jujuy Province in northwest Argentina. It lies near the southern end of the Humahuaca Canyon where wooded hills meet the lowlands.
Its population, as of the 2001 census [INDEC], is 237,751 inhabitants. If its suburbs are included, this figure rises to around 300,000. The current mayor is Raúl Jorge.
After previous attempts in 1565 and 1592, the current city was founded on April 19, 1593 by Francisco de Argañaraz y Murguía as a strategic site on the mule shipping route between San Miguel de Tucumán and the silver mines in Potosí, Bolivia.
Reaching its peak importance during the colonial period, San Salvador de Jujuy declined to the status of a remote provincial capital after the Argentine Declaration of Independence in 1816. Its first institution of higher learning, the Economic Sciences Institute, was established in 1959, and this was incorporated into the new National University of Jujuy in 1973.
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