Alderetes is a city in the Cruz Alta Department

Cruz Alta Department

Cruz Alta Department is a department located in the east of the Tucumán Province, Argentina. Its 2001 population was 162,240 largely located in the Banda del Río Salí-Alderetes Area...

, Tucumán Province

Tucumán Province

Tucumán is the most densely populated, and the smallest by land area, of the provinces of Argentina. Located in the northwest of the country, the capital is San Miguel de Tucumán, often shortened to Tucumán. Neighboring provinces are, clockwise from the north: Salta, Santiago del Estero and...

, Argentina

Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

. It is bordered in the north by the Burruyacu Department, in the east by the "comunas rurales" of La Florida-Luisiana, Delfín Gallo and Colombres; in the south by the city of Banda del Río Salí

Banda del Río Salí

Banda del Río Salí is a city in the Tucumán Province, Argentina. It is the department seat and the largest and most populated city in the Cruz Alta Department. The 2001 Census counted a population of 64,591....

 (The Cruz Alta Department seat), and in the west by the Salí River

Dulce River (Argentina)

The Dulce River is the most important river in the Argentine province of Santiago del Estero....

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A predominantly industrial spot, Alderetes was incorporated on September 1, 1987), as part of the San Miguel de Tucumán metropolitan area.