Tucumán

Tucumán

Famaillá

Town in central Tucumán, 35 km south of San Miguel de Tucumán, at the foot of the hills and among sugarcane fields. It is the National Capital of the Empanada and has hosted the Fiesta Nacional de la Empanada since 1979, in September. At the northern entrance is the Parque Temático Histórico del Bicentenario, with replicas of the country’s historic buildings, and at the southern entrance the Galería de la Veneración; in the center, the parish of Nuestra Señora del Carmen. To the north are the Ruinas de San José de Lules.