Villa Huidobro (also known as Cañada Verde) is a city in the southwest of the
province
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of
Córdoba, Argentina. It has 5,155 inhabitants per the , and is the head town of the
General Roca Department. It lies about 380 km south of the provincial capital
Córdoba, and 18 km north of the provincial border with
La Pampa
La Pampa () is a sparsely populated province of Argentina
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. Villa Huidobro is named after José Ruiz Huidobro, governor of San Luis Province, who commanded the central column of the 1833
Desert Campaign that defeated
Ranquel
The Ranquel or Rankülche are an indigenous tribe from the northern part of La Pampa Province, Argentina, in South America.Tapia, Alicia Haydée"Archaeological Perspectives on the Ranquel Chiefdoms in the North of the Dry Pampas, in the Eighteent ...
chieftain
Yanquetruz at the battle of Las Acollaradas Lakes near the city.
References
Municipality of Villa Huidobro— Official website.
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Populated places in Córdoba Province, Argentina
Populated places established in 1907
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