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Guachipas Department
Guachipas is a department located in Salta Province, Argentina. With an area of it borders to the north and northeast with Metán Department, to the east with the Departments of La Candelaria and Rosario de la Frontera, to the south with Cafayate and Tucumán Province, and to the west with La Viña Department. Towns and municipalities * Guachipas Guachipas is a village and rural municipality in Salta Province in northwestern Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina ... * Alemania * Cebilar * Pampa Grande * Las Juntas References External links Departments of Salta Province website {{Departments Salta Departments of Salta Province ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Institute Of Statistics And Census Of Argentina
The National Institute of Statistics and Censuses ( es, link=no, Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos; INDEC) is an Argentine decentralized public body that operates within the Ministry of Economy, which exercises the direction of all official statistical activities carried out in the country. In February 2013, the International Monetary Fund censured Argentina for failing to report accurate inflation data. Political intervention in the INDEC figures ended, and the IMF declared in November 2016 that Argentine statistics were again in accordance with international standards. Definition The National Institute of Statistics and Census ( es, Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos, INDEC) is a public deconcentrated body, of a technical nature, within the scope of Argentina's National Ministry of Economy, and which runs all the official statistical activities carried out throughout the country. Its creation and operation are regulated bLaw 176221 executive order3110/ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salta Province
Salta () is a province of Argentina, located in the northwest of the country. Neighboring provinces are from the east clockwise Formosa, Chaco, Santiago del Estero, Tucumán and Catamarca. It also surrounds Jujuy. To the north it borders Bolivia and Paraguay and to the west lies Chile. History Before the Spanish conquest, numerous native peoples (now called Diaguitas and Calchaquíes) lived in the valleys of what is now Salta Province; they formed many different tribes, the Quilmes and Humahuacas among them, which all shared the Cacán language. The Atacamas lived in the Puna, and the Wichís (Matacos), in the Chaco region. The first conquistador to venture into the area was Diego de Almagro in 1535; he was followed by Diego de Rojas. Hernando de Lerma founded San Felipe de Lerma in 1582, following orders of the viceroy Francisco de Toledo, Count of Oropesa; the name of the city was soon changed to "San Felipe de Salta". By 1650, the city had around five hundred inhabitan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourth-largest country in the Americas, and the eighth-largest country in the world. It shares the bulk of the Southern Cone with Chile to the west, and is also bordered by Bolivia and Paraguay to the north, Brazil to the northeast, Uruguay and the South Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Drake Passage to the south. Argentina is a federal state subdivided into twenty-three provinces, and one autonomous city, which is the federal capital and largest city of the nation, Buenos Aires. The provinces and the capital have their own constitutions, but exist under a federal system. Argentina claims sovereignty over the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, and a part of Antarctica. The earliest recorded human prese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metán Department
Metán is a department located in Salta Province, in Argentina. With an area of it borders to the north with the departments of General Güemes and Anta, to the east with Anta, to the south with Santiago del Estero Province and Rosario de la Frontera Department, and to the west with Guachipas Department, La Viña Department, and Capital Department. History The department was created during the government of Manuel Solá (1859-1860) with territories ceded by the Rosario de la Frontera Department. ''Cámara de Diputados de la Provincia de Salta'' Towns and municipalities * San José de Metán *[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Candelaria Department
La Candelaria is a department located in Salta Province, Argentina. With an area of it borders to the north and east with Bolivia , to the east with Rosario de la Frontera Department, to the west with Guachipas Department, and to the south with Tucumán Province. Towns and municipalities * El Jardín * El Tala * La Candelaria La Candelaria is the 17th locality of Bogotá, Colombia. A historic neighborhood in the city's downtown, it is the equivalent to the ''Old City'' in other cities. The architecture of the old houses, churches and buildings has Spanish Colonial styl ... References External links Departments of Salta Province website {{Departments Salta Departments of Salta Province ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosario De La Frontera Department
Rosario de la Frontera is a department of the province of Salta (Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...). References Departments of Salta Province {{Salta-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cafayate Department
Cafayate is a department located in Salta Province, in northwestern Argentina. Situated in the south of the province and with an area of it borders the departments of San Carlos, La Viña, Guachipas and the provinces of Tucumán and Catamarca. Towns and municipalities * Cafayate * Tolombón * Las Conchas * Santa Bárbara Geography The main rivers in the region are Calchaquí, and Santa María. Both end at the area called ''Las Juntas'' or ''La Ciénaga'', joining at the beginning of the Las Conchas river, which runs in the same-named vallery to the northwest, ending at the Cabra Corral reservoir. Tourism The Departament is known for its vineyards. Cafayate has other tourist sites such as an 18th-century mill built by the Jesuits The Society of Jesus ( la, Societas Iesu; abbreviation: SJ), also known as the Jesuits (; la, Iesuitæ), is a religious order (Catholic), religious order of clerics regular of pontifical right for men in the Catholic Church headquartered in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tucumán Province
Tucumán () is the most densely populated, and the second-smallest by land area, of the provinces of Argentina. Located in the northwest of the country, the province has the capital of San Miguel de Tucumán, often shortened to Tucumán. Neighboring provinces are, clockwise from the north: Salta, Santiago del Estero and Catamarca. It is nicknamed El Jardín de la República (''The Garden of the Republic''), as it is a highly productive agricultural area. Etymology The word ''Tucumán'' probably originated from the Quechua languages. It may represent a deformation of the term ''Yucumán'', which denotes the "place of origin of several rivers". It can also be a deformation of the word ''Tucma'', which means "the end of things". Before Spanish colonization, the region lay in the outer limits of the Inca empire. History Before the Spanish colonization, this land was inhabited by the Diaguitas and Tonocotes. In 1533, Diego de Almagro explored the Argentine Northwest, incl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Viña Department
La Viña is a department located in Salta Province, in northwestern Argentina. With an area of it is one of the smallest departments of the province. It borders to the north with the departments of Cerrillos Department, Cerrillos, and Rosario de Lerma Department, Rosario de Lerma, to the east with Capital Department, Salta, Capital Department, to the south with La Viña Department and to the west with the departments of Cachi Department, Cachi and San Carlos Department, Salta, San Carlos. Towns and municipalities * Coronel Moldes * La Viña, Salta, La Viña * Ampascachi * Talapampa * Cabra Corral * El Carmen * Osma * Veinte de Febrero * Saladillo Hydrography The most important river in the department is the ''Guachipas'' also known in ots beginning as the ''Las Conchas''. It flows to Embalse Cabra Corral. References External links Departments of Salta Province website {{DEFAULTSORT:La Vina Department Departments of Salta Province ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guachipas
Guachipas is a village and rural municipality in Salta Province in northwestern Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th .... References {{Salta-geo-stub Populated places in Salta Province ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
