Jujuy

Jujuy is a province of , located in the extreme northwest of the country, at the borders with and . The only neighboring Argentine province is to the east and south.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include San Salvador de Jujuy and Humahuaca.

, commonly known as Jujuy and locally often referred to as San Salvador, is the capital and largest city of Jujuy Province in .

Photo: Mx. Granger, CC0.
is a town in the province of Jujuy, , adjacent to the spectacular Quebrada de on the main road from Argentina into Bolivia.

is a federally protected area in Jujuy Province, . It was established on July 19, 1979, and is also the largest protected area in Argentina dedicated to conserving subtropical evergreen mountain rainforests known as Southern Andean Yungas.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Villazón and La Quiaca and Tilcara.

Photo: Mx. Granger, CC0.
The two border towns Villazón in and La Quiaca in are a pair spreading across the two countries. Most visitors just hurry across the border and on to their next destination, but it's worth stopping for at least a few hours or even a night…

is a pleasant town in Jujuy in . It is the tourist centre of the world heritage site Quebrada de Humahuaca, and in addition to having its own sights to see, it makes a good base for day trips to other towns in the area.

is a town in Jujuy province in .

Photo: Mx. Granger, CC0.
is a tiny town of dusty roads and cacti in the dry mountains of Jujuy, . It feels something like a smaller, quieter version of nearby , and it has hiking trails and an old church.

Jujuy

Latitude of center
-23° or 23° south
Longitude of center
-66° or 66° west
Population
798,000
Elevation
3,433 metres (11,263 feet)
Abbreviation
“JY”
Geo­Names ID
3853404
Wiki­data ID
Q44764
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Jujuy” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: خوخوي
  • Armenian: Խուխույ
  • Aymara: Jujuy jisk’a suyu
  • Azerbaijani: Jujuy (ştat)
  • Azerbaijani: Jujuy
  • Basque: Jujuy probintzia
  • Basque: Jujuy
  • Belarusian: Жужуй, правінцыя
  • Belarusian: Жужуй
  • Belarusian: правінцыя Жужуй
  • Bengali: জুজুয় প্রদেশ
  • Breton: Proviñs Jujuy
  • Bulgarian: Хухуй
  • Catalan: Jujuy
  • Cebuano: Provincia de Jujuy
  • Chinese: Jujuy Séng
  • Chinese: 胡胡伊省
  • Chuvash: Жужуй
  • Czech: Jujuy
  • Danish: Jujuy
  • Danish: Provincia de Jujuy
  • Danish: Provinsen Jujuy
  • Dutch: Jujuy
  • Esperanto: Jujuy
  • Esperanto: Provinco Jujuy
  • Estonian: Jujuy provints
  • Estonian: Jujuy
  • Finnish: Jujuyn maakunta
  • French: Jujuy
  • French: Province de Jujuy
  • Galician: Provincia de Jujuy
  • Georgian: ხუხუის პროვინცია
  • German: Jujuy
  • German: Provinz Jujuy
  • Greek: Επαρχία Χουχούι
  • Greek: Χουχούι
  • Guarani: Jujuy
  • Gujarati: જુજુય પ્રાંત
  • Hebrew: חוחוי
  • Hindi: खुखुई
  • Hindi: ज्यूजुई
  • Hungarian: Jujuy tartomány
  • Ido: Provinco Jujuy
  • Indonesian: Jujuy
  • Indonesian: Provinsi Jujuy
  • Italian: Jujuy
  • Italian: Provincia di Jujuy
  • Japanese: フフイ州
  • Kannada: ಜುಜುಯಿ ಪ್ರಾಂತ್ಯ
  • Korean: 후후이주
  • Ladino: Jujuy
  • Latvian: Huhujas province
  • Lithuanian: Chuchujaus provincija
  • Lombard: Jujuy
  • Macedonian: Хухуј
  • Malay: Wilayah Jujuy
  • Marathi: जुजुय प्रांत
  • Marathi: जुजुय
  • Mazanderani: خوخوی اوستان
  • Min Nan Chinese: Jujuy Séng
  • Northern Frisian: Jujuy (Prowins)
  • Northern Frisian: Jujuy
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Jujuy
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Jujuyprovinsen
  • Norwegian: Jujuy
  • Occitan (post 1500): Província de Jujuy
  • Ossetian: Хухуй
  • Persian: استان خوخوی
  • Persian: خوخوی
  • Piemontese: Jujuy
  • Polish: Jujuy
  • Portuguese: Jujuy
  • Portuguese: Província de Jujuy
  • Pushto: خوخوی
  • Quechua: Jujuy wamani
  • Romanian: Provincia Jujuy
  • Russian: Жужуй
  • Samogitian: Chuchujė provincėjė
  • Scots: Jujuy
  • Serbian: Хухуј
  • Serbo-Croatian: Jujuy (provincija, Argentina)
  • Serbo-Croatian: Jujuy
  • Sinhala: ජුජුයි පළාත, ආර්ජන්ටිනාව
  • Sinhala: ජුජුයි පළාත
  • Slovak: Jujuy
  • Slovenian: Jujuy (provinca)
  • Slovenian: Jujuy
  • South Azerbaijani: خوخوی ایالتی
  • Spanish: Jujuy
  • Spanish: Provincia de Jujuy
  • Swahili: Mkoa wa Jujuy
  • Swedish: Jujuy
  • Tagalog: Lalawigan ng Jujuy
  • Tajik: Жужуй
  • Tamil: ஜூஜூய் மாகாணம்
  • Tatar: Хухуй
  • Telugu: జుజూయ్ ప్రావిన్స్
  • Telugu: జుజూయ్ రాష్ట్రభాగం
  • Thai: รัฐฆูฆุย
  • Turkish: Jujuy eyaleti
  • Turkish: Jujuy
  • Ukrainian: Жужуй
  • Urdu: صوبہ خوخوئی
  • Uzbek: Turkum:Jujuy aholi punktlari
  • Venetian: Province of Jujuy
  • Venetian: Provincia de Jujuy
  • Vietnamese: Jujuy
  • Volapük: Jujuy
  • Waray (Philippines): Jujuy
  • Welsh: Talaith Jujuy
  • Western Panjabi: صوبہ جوجوئے
  • Wu Chinese: 胡胡伊省
  • Yue Chinese: 胡胡伊省
  • Chuchujė provincėjė
  • Jujuy
  • Provincia de Jujuy

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