The city is located on the Valle de Lerma at coordinates 24°47′24″N, 65°24′36″W, 1152 meters above sea level. The weather is warm and dry (756 mm per year), with an annual average temperatures of 16.4°C, 20.4 in summer, and 10.8 in winter. January and February are the months with greatest rainfall.
Nicknamed in Spanish as Salta la Linda ("Salta the Beauty"), it is visited by a great many tourists because of its colonial architecture, the 18th century Cabildo, the Cathedral, and the Plaza 9 de Julio city park. It has also a number of museums, including the Museo de Alta Montaña, which houses the bodies of 3 Inca children found frozen at the summit of Mount Llullaillaco. Salta is also the starting point of the "Train to the Clouds" (Tren a las nubes), and a must stop to red-soiled Cafayate, as well as to other nearby tourist destinations.
The Martín Miguel de Güemes Airport (IATA: SLA, ICAO: SASA), which is located at coordinates 24°51′00″S, 65°29′00″W, 6 kilometres southeast of the city, has regular flights to Buenos Aires, Tucumán, Jujuy, Córdoba and Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia).
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