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.

Province
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Location of Catamarca within Argentina Location of Catamarca within Argentina
Coordinates: 28°28′S 65°47′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 Ranked 11th
• Total	102,602 km2 (39,615 sq mi)
Population  (2010)
• Total	331,847 (Ranked 20th)
• Density	3.7/km2 (10/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−3 (ART)
ISO 3166 code	AR-K
Website	www.catamarca.gov.ar

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

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  Archaeological remains of the Pucará civilization, Santa Maria del Yokavíl.

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  Loading fossil specimens on mules, Field Museum paleontology expedition, rural Catamarca, 1926

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  Fruit orchards near Londres.

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  Olas de merengue quemadito, Campo de Piedra Pómez, Catamarca, Argentina

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  Cerro El Manchao, Ambato, Catamarca, Argentina

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  San Francisco Pass, near the border with Chile.

Other websites

Media related to Catamarca Province at Wikimedia Commons