Monte Quemado

Monte Quemado
Municipality and village
Country Argentina
ProvinceSantiago del Estero
DepartmentCopo
Government
  MayorCarlos Alberto Hazam PJ
Population
 (2010)
  Total
12,543
Time zoneUTC−3 (ART)
Postal code
3714
Area code03841
ClimateBSh

Monte Quemado is a municipality and village in Santiago del Estero in Argentina. It is the capital city of the Copo Department, Province of Santiago del Estero, Argentina, in the Chaco Austral region, practically in the El Impenetrable phytogeographic zone. It lies on national road RN 16, a route that runs parallel to a branch of the General Manuel Belgrano Railway and the aqueduct diverter from the Salado del Norte River known as the Canal de Dios. Precisely in Monte Quemado it starts as a branch of the aqueduct, the branch that goes to the south is called the Virgen del Carmen Canal, which runs parallel to provincial road RP 5 that connects Monte Quemado with Campo Gallo. Another land route which coincides with the RN 16 and RP 5 in Monte Quemado is provincial road RP 4.