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.

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

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