Official Name: | Alto de la Sierra |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Mapsize: | 2px |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Coordinates: | -22.7333°N -92°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Argentina |
Subdivision Name1: | Salta Province |
Subdivision Type2: | Department |
Subdivision Name2: | Rivadavia |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Elevation M: | 179 |
Population Total: | 781 |
Population As Of: | 2001 |
Postal Code Type: | Post code |
Postal Code: | A4561 |
Area Code Type: | Area Code |
Area Code: | 0387 |
Blank Name: | Climate |
Blank Info: | Cwa |
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 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.
Alto de la Sierra had 781 inhabitants (INDEC, 2001). In the previous census of 1991, the area was listed as a dispersed rural population.