Patay

Patay is a name used by a Tonokoté community in the river country of Santiago del Estero. The Tonokoté inhabited the plains around the Dulce and Salado rivers before the Spanish founded Santiago del Estero in 1553. Along these watercourses, settlements and cultivation occupied a dry region of woodland and seasonal floods. Indigenous communities continued to live in the area throughout the colonial period, despite the demands of the new colonial authorities.

The later city of Santiago del Estero lies here.