Pichanal is a town and municipality in Orán Department, located in northeastern Salta Province, Argentina.

At the time, it was a small trading area where people converged from different places to exchange their goods.

With warehouses and camps, and all the feverish railway activity that was carried out at that point, it became the place of settlement for several residents of the Chaco de Rivadavia.

In March 1912, the first educational institution, the Escuela Coronel Apolinario de Figueroa, was founded.

Every April 23, the city celebrates its patron saint festivities in honor of St. George.