Catamarca Province
Catamarca is a Province of Argentina. It is in the northwest of the country. The province has 334,568 people as per the 2001 census. To the west, it borders Chile.
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| Location of Catamarca within Argentina Location of Catamarca within Argentina | |
| Coordinates: 28°28′S 65°47′W / 28.467°S 65.783°WCoordinates: 28°28′S 65°47′W / 28.467°S 65.783°W | |
| Country | Argentina |
| Capital | San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca |
| Departments | 16 |
| Municipalities | 36 |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Raúl Jalil (Justicialist) |
| • Legislature | Chamber of Deputies (41) Senate (16) |
| • National Deputies | 5 |
| • National Senators | Flavio Fama, Guillermo Andrada, Lucía Corpacci |
| Area | |
| • Total | 102,602 km2 (39,615 sq mi) |
| Population (2010[1]) | |
| • Total | 331,847 (Ranked 20th) |
| • Density | 3.7/km2 (10/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (ART) |
| ISO 3166 code | AR-K |
| Website | www |
The capital is San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca, usually shortened to Catamarca. Other important cities are Andalgalá, Tinogasta, and Belén.
The land is mostly mountains.
Notable people
- Calu Rivero, first actress from Catamarca to appear in national television
- Emilio Caraffa - Post-impressionist painter
- Daniel Díaz - Footballer
- Mamerto Esquiú - Friar
- Vicente Saadi - Justicialist Party politician
Catamarca Province Media
- Pucará Santamaria.jpg
Archaeological remains of the Pucará civilization, Santa Maria del Yokavíl.
- Loading fossil on mules, Argentina, 1926.jpg
Loading fossil specimens on mules, Field Museum paleontology expedition, rural Catamarca, 1926
- LondresArgentina1.jpg
Fruit orchards near Londres.
- Campo de piedra pómez en Catamarca - Argentina.jpg
Olas de merengue quemadito, Campo de Piedra Pómez, Catamarca, Argentina
- Cerro El Manchao.JPG
Cerro El Manchao, Ambato, Catamarca, Argentina
San Francisco Pass, near the border with Chile.
References
Other websites
Media related to Catamarca Province at Wikimedia Commons
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| Buenos Aires | Buenos Aires Province | Catamarca | Chaco | Chubut | Córdoba | Corrientes | Entre Ríos | Formosa | Jujuy | La Pampa | La Rioja | Mendoza | Misiones | Neuquen | Río Negro | Salta | San Juan | San Luis | Santa Cruz | Santa Fe | Santiago del Estero | Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica, and South Atlantic Islands | Tucumán | |
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