Charata is a city in the
province
A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman '' provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions ou ...
of
Chaco, Argentina. It has 26497 inhabitants as per the , and is the head town of the
Chacabuco Department and the most important city in the southwest of Chaco, located 280 km from the provincial capital
Resistencia.
History
The city was founded by provincial decree on 4 October 1914.
Charata is the important settlement closest to the
Campo del Cielo crater meteoric dispersion (originated by the impact of a large metallic meteoroid, probably around 3800 BCE).
References
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Municipality of Charata— Official website.
Populated places in Chaco Province
Cities in Argentina
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