Villa Giardino is a town in the
province
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of
Córdoba, Argentina. It has 4,679 inhabitants per the . It lies about 85 km from the provincial capital
Córdoba, on
National Route 38, between
La Cumbre and
La Falda
La Falda is a town in the province of Córdoba, Argentina, located from Córdoba and 800 km from Buenos Aires. It had about 15,000 inhabitants at the .
La Falda lies at the foot of two small mountains (Cerro El Cuadrado and Cerro La Bande ...
.
Originally populated by
Comechingones,
Spanish
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settlers established two important ranches (''
estancia
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s''), called ''El Molino'' and ''Altos de San Pedro''. With the arrival of the
railroad
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in the 19th century, the region thrived as a rural area, and also through the exploitation of
limestone
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deposits.
The town takes its name after landowner Juan Giardino, owner of Altos de San Pedro and a main driving force in the urbanization of this small agrarian village.
External links
Villa Giardino en FacebookVilla Carlos Paz and Valle de PunillaCity governmentCabañas account *
Populated places in Córdoba Province, Argentina
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