History
In late 1535 Jujuy was the site of a confrontation between a party of Diego de Almagro's expedition to Chile and local indigenous men. As the expedition's forces were concentrated in Tupiza a small party was sent to forage to Jujuy, a few expeditionaries were then killed which prompted Diego de Almagro to dispatch a 80-men strong punitive expedition that dislodged hostile forces that had fortified in a pucará in the Jujuy area.
After previous attempts in 1565 and 1592, the current city was founded as San Salvador de Velazco en el Valle de Jujuy on April 19, 1593, by Francisco de Argañarás y Murguía. The settlement initially developed as a strategic site on the mule trade route between San Miguel de Tucumán and the silver mines in Potosí, Bolivia. …
Climate
Jujuy has a humid subtropical climate (Cwa, according to the Köppen climate classification), mainly because of the altitude. Summers bring warm days at 28 °C (82 °F) and nights at 16 °C (61 °F) with frequent thunderstorms. The rest of the year is sunny, with temperatures at about 24 °C (75 °F) during the day and 11 °C (52 °F) at night, crisp, dry winters with warm days of 19 °C (66 °F) and cold nights at 6 °C (43 °F), and sunny springs with warm days at 26 °C (79 °F) and cool nights at 11 °C (52 °F). During heat waves, temperatures can sometimes reach 35 °C (95 °F) but these are not frequent and nights always bring significant cooling, as opposed to many low-lying areas in Northern Argentina. During the winter, the record low has fallen to −7 °C (19 °F). Precipitation is about 800 mm (31 in), which falls in the form of thunderstorms during the warmest months. …
Notable people
Iván Almasana (born 1993), Argentine professional footballer
Ana Pelegrín (1938–2008), researcher, writer, and educator
