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San Justo Department, Córdoba
San Justo Department is a department of Córdoba Province in Argentina. The provincial subdivision has a population of about 190,182 inhabitants in an area of 13,677 km², and its capital city is San Francisco, which is located around 670 km from Buenos Aires. The department is home to Mar Chiquita, the largest inland body of water in Argentina. Settlements * Alicia *Altos de Chipión * Arroyito * Balnearia * Brinkmann *Colonia Anita *Colonia Iturraspe *Colonia Las Pichanas *Colonia Marina *Colonia Prosperidad *Colonia San Bartolomé *Colonia San Pedro *Colonia Vignaud *Colonia Valtelina * Devoto *El Arañado *El Fortín *El Tío * Freyre *La Francia *La Paquita *La Tordilla * Las Varas *Las Varillas *Marull * Miramar *Morteros * Plaza Luxardo * Porteña * Quebracho Herrado *Sacanta *San Francisco San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Administrative Divisions Of Argentina
Argentina has the following types of country subdivisions: Administrative divisions * Geographical regions of Argentina (6) which are used only traditionally *Provinces of Argentina, Provinces (23, ''provincia'') *Autonomous city (1, ''ciudad autónoma'') *Departments of Argentina, Departments / Partidos 376/135 **The province of Mendoza divides its territory into departments, which are further divided into districts (''distritos''), which are called sections (''secciones'') in the Capital Department. *Municipalities of Argentina, Municipalities (''municipios'') *Village, Town, City *Neighbourhoods of Buenos Aires (''barrios'') *Communes of Buenos Aires (comprise one or more barrios of BsAs.) See also * Government of Argentina References {{Americas topic, Administrative divisions of Subdivisions of Argentina, Lists of subdivisions of Argentina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quebracho Herrado, Córdoba
Quebracho Herrado is a small community in San Justo Department of Córdoba Province, Argentina. It was the location of the famous Battle of Quebracho Herrado in 1840 during the civil wars. The town has about 317 inhabitants. It is about from the city of Córdoba Climate The climate is temperate with a dry season, registering an average annual temperature of . Winter temperatures may fall below and summer temperatures may rise above . Annual rainfall is about . History In the early nineteenth century, among the grasslands and thorn bushes that covered the interior of Argentina, there was a grove of quebracho trees (''Schinopsis lorentzii'') beside the cart track linking Córdoba to Santa Fe Province. A horseshoe was nailed to the trunk of the highest, which define the boundary between the provinces of Córdoba and Santa Fe. The name ''Quebracho Herrado'' refers to this tree, meaning "shod quebracho". In 1816 the Buenos Aires government established a fort here, the ''Fue ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plaza Luxardo
Plaza Luxardo is a village located in the San Justo Department, Córdoba, Argentina. It consists of 218 inhabitants and is located 12 km from San Francisco San Francisco (; Spanish language, Spanish for "Francis of Assisi, Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the List of Ca ..., the head city of the San Justo Department, and approximately 270 km from the city of Córdoba. It has 66 occupied dwellings. Economy The main economic activity is agriculture, followed by livestock raring. The main crops are soybeans and corn. Milk production and tourism are also important in the local economy. Facilities There is a clinic in each locality (Plaza Luxardo and Estacion Luxardo), a primary school, a police station and a community building where much of the administrative functions of the village are carried out. There is also a school for adults, a ''CB Rural'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morteros
Morteros is a city and municipality in the San Justo Departament in the north east of the Córdoba Province, Argentina. The city of Morteros is one of the most important in the San Justo Department, it is near the intersection of two major highways RP 1 and RP 17 and near the ferrocarril Central Argentino. Morteros is around from the provincial capital Córdoba (280 by road) and from Santa Fe. Geography and climate Morteros is around from the eastern shore of Mar Chiquita. The micro region around Morteros is an ecotone between the Humid Pampa semi arid Gran Chaco region. The temperature varies between with an annual average of . The first frost can be expected on March 21 and the last on September 5. The average precipitation is per year. Local flora include the chañar, tala, Quebracho, caranday and the yatay. History Before the arrival of the conquistadores in the 16th Century the area was populated by ethnic Sanavirónes and Mocovíes. In the 18th Century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miramar, Córdoba
Miramar is a town in San Justo Department, located in Córdoba Province (Argentina). Overview Established on November 18, 1924, with the inauguration by Victorio Rosso of the Hotel Miramar, a health resort, Miramar was the site of a number of mineral spas from its early days, and in 1933, a jitney service was started between the town and the provincial capital, Córdoba. The relocation to Miramar of Máximo Palkhe, a businessman from Avellaneda (a suburb of Buenos Aires), in 1936, was followed by his decision to have a luxury hotel built on the shores of Mar Chiquita, a saline lake, in 1940. The decision led to the development of other tourist facilities in the hamlet, and Palkhe's Gran Hotel Vienna (named for his wife's birthplace), was inaugurated in 1945. The Palkhes sold the hotel in 1946, and relocated to Germany, however, and the establishment, which closed in 1980, has been at the center of a number of mysteries and controversies in the decades since. The town became a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brinkmann, Córdoba
Brinkmann is a town located in the San Justo Department in the Province of Córdoba in central Argentina. It is from the city of Córdoba; north of San Francisco, very close to Mar Chiquita Lake and the border with the province. Provincial Route 1 connects Brinkmann with the rest of the Córdoba road network and continues north after passing through the Santa Fe Province under Provincial Route 23. A railway branch connects Brinkmann to the south with the city of San Francisco and to the north with the towns of Morteros and Suardi. It belongs to the most important "Dairy Basin" in the country, since most of its fields are dedicated to dairy production and the entire area is populated by dairy industries. Twin towns * Giaveno Giaveno is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about west of Turin. History Giaveno has very ancient origins; some local historians trace the first settlement back to Roman time ..., ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arroyito, Córdoba
Arroyito () is a city in Córdoba Province, Argentina. It is located east of Córdoba, on both sides of National Route 19. Arroyito earned the nickname Sweet City (''Ciudad Dulce''). Etymology Arroyito can be translated as "little stream", or "little brook". It was named after a stream (now disappeared) that crossed this settlement and landed on the Xanaes river. The first records referred to this settlement as ''paraje del Arroyito'' or ''El Arroyito''. History Early settlement It is not clear when Arroyito was founded. The oldest document that mentions it was the first census of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata on 23 November 1778, with a resulting population of 220 inhabitants. This hamlet was known as ''Villa Arroyito'', and was the place chosen by the Spanish soldier José Ignacio Urquía to build a church dedicated to the Virgin of Mercy, completed in 1790. In 1865, the total population for Arroyito was 228 inhabitants, according to the first census in Argent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
