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Embarcación (Salta)
Embarcación (Salta) is a town and municipality in Salta Province in northwestern Argentina.Ministerio del Interior Overview The area was originally inhabited by the Wichí, who hunted and fished along the Bermejo River. Jesuit Missionary, missionaries established the first European outposts in the area, fostering commerce along the Bermejo's northern banks and in the vicinity of what later became Embarcación. The outpost was informally known by that name, meaning "harbour" due to its strategic location north of the confluence of the Bermejo and San Francisco River (Argentina), San Francisco Rivers. The site later belonged to Celedonia Reyes de Prado, wh ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Provinces Of Argentina
Argentina has 23 provinces (, singular ) and one autonomous city, Buenos Aires, which serves as the federal capital, as determined by Congress. The provinces and the capital have their own constitutions and exist under a federal system. History During the War of Independence, cities and their surrounding areas became provinces through local councils ( cabildos). This process was finalized during the Anarchy of the Year XX, forming the first 13 provinces. Jujuy seceded from Salta in 1834, and the thirteen provinces became fourteen. After seceding for a decade, Buenos Aires Province accepted the 1853 Constitution of Argentina in 1861, and its capital city was made a federal territory in 1880. A law from 1862 designated as national territories those territories under federal control but outside the frontiers of the provinces. In 1884 they served as bases for the establishment of the governorates of Misiones, Formosa, Chaco, La Pampa, Neuquén, Río Negro, Chubut, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferrocarril Central Norte
The Central Northern Railway (Spanish: ''Ferrocarril Central Norte'', FCCN) was the first (metre gauge) railway built by the Argentine State Railway. Its aim was to extend the existing British-owned Central Argentine broad gauge railway from Córdoba to Tucuman and metre gauge was chosen for economic reasons. History Origins A law promulgated in October 1868 allocated funds obtained from additional taxes on imports and exports to the construction of a railway line between the Provinces of Córdoba and Jujuy. The construction and subsequent operation of the line was entrusted to "Compañía Telfner", who began to work on the line in 1873, reaching the city of Recreo ( Catamarca) on 1 May 1875, San Antonio, Jujuy in July that same year and finally reaching San Miguel de Tucumán on 30 October 1876, being formally inaugurated by then President of Argentina, Nicolás Avellaneda. On 28 December 1876 the national government took over the running of the line and appointed Rafaé ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
