Ciudad Perico, or simply Perico, is a town and municipality in
Jujuy Province in
Argentina.
Ministerio del Interior
Overview
The town was founded with the 1913 opening of the namesake station on the Central Northern Railway. Known initially as ''Estación Perico'', the town was among those renamed for Juan Domingo Perón during the populist leader's 1946 — 55 administration.
Governor Horacio Guzmán
Horacio Guzmán (February 16, 1913 – August 11, 1992) was an Argentine lawyer and politician who served as Governor of Jujuy Province from 1958 to 1962, and from 1963 to 1964.
Life and times
Horacio Gregorio Guzmán was born in the city ...
chose Perico as the site of the future El Cadillal International Airport in 1961, and the facility was inaugurated in 1967 (it was renamed in Guzmán's honor in 1992).
Long a center for the production and distribution of tobacco, Perico's growers organized the ''Cooperativa de Tabacaleros de Jujuy'' in 1969, and an important Massalin Particulares cigarette
A cigarette is a narrow cylinder containing a combustible material, typically tobacco, that is rolled into thin paper for smoking. The cigarette is ignited at one end, causing it to smolder; the resulting smoke is orally inhaled via the opp ...
plant opened shortly afterwards.
The town's strategic location between the provincial capital, San Salvador de Jujuy, and the city of Salta made the rail station among the busiest in the region. The privatization of the Ferrocarril General Manuel Belgrano after 1992 led to the station's closure, however.
The National Agricultural Technology Institute maintains a facility in Perico. A ''Zona Franca'' ( Free economic zone) was established in Perico, and the town's Nobleza Piccardo plant became the nation's largest producer and exporter of Blue Virginia tobacco products.
References
External links
Samuel Condori: Perico City
Populated places in Jujuy Province
Populated places established in 1913
1913 establishments in Argentina
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