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Jovita, Argentina
Jovita is a town in the southern part of the Province of Córdoba, in central Argentina. According to the 2010 census, Jovita has a population of 4,470. Economy Located in the centre of the Pampa Húmeda region or Pampa's Plain, the economy of Jovita is heavily reliant on cattle farming and agriculture, particularly soy beans, sunflower oil, corn and wheat. In 2018, authorities from Jovita decided to ban fishing of silverside in a section of La Margarita lagoon. History Jovita was founded in 1905 while the surveying plans were made and approved on May 15, 1907, and October 28, 1907. The land on which the town is built was donated by two sisters: Magdalena and Jovita from whom the town now takes its name. Jovita's original name was ''Pichi Tromen, "El Juncalito" Station''. It was not until 1906 when its name was changed to ''Santa Magdalena, Jovita Station'', a name that was retained until 1983, when according to resolution 322/83, it was changed again to the current nam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jovita Avenida
Jovita may refer to: People * Jovita Carranza (born 1949), American businesswoman, 44th Treasurer of the United States * Jovita Delaney (born 1974), Irish camogie player * Jovita Feitosa (1848–1867), Brazilian soldier * Jovita Fontanez, American public official * Jovita Fuentes (1895–1978), Filipina singer * Jovita González (1904–1983), American folklorist, educator, and writer * Jovita Idar (1885–1946), American journalist, political activist and civil rights worker * Jovita Laurušaitė (born 1956), Lithuanian painter and ceramist * Jovita Livingston (born 1999), Indian actress * Jovita Moore (1967–2021), American television news anchor * Andrew Road triple murders, Jovita Virador, Filipino domestic worker who was one of the murder victims of the Andrew Road triple murders Other * 921 Jovita, asteroid * Faustinus and Jovita, saints * Jovita (railcar) * Jovita, Córdoba, town in Argentina * Lake Jovita; see San Antonio, Florida {{disambiguation, given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Córdoba Province (Argentina)
Córdoba Province may refer to: * Córdoba Province, Argentina * Córdoba Province (Colombia) * Province of Córdoba (Spain) Córdoba (; also called Cordova in English) is one of the 50 provinces of Spain, in the north-central part of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia. It is bordered by the Andalusia, Andalusian provinces of Málag ... {{DEFAULTSORT:Cordoba Province Province name disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argentina
Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourth-largest country in the Americas, and the List of countries and dependencies by area, eighth-largest country in the world. Argentina shares the bulk of the Southern Cone with Chile to the west, and is also bordered by Bolivia and Paraguay to the north, Brazil to the northeast, Uruguay and the South Atlantic Ocean to the east, and the Drake Passage to the south. Argentina is a Federation, federal state subdivided into twenty-three Provinces of Argentina, provinces, and one autonomous city, which is the federal capital and List of cities in Argentina by population, largest city of the nation, Buenos Aires. The provinces and the capital have their own constitutions, but exist under a Federalism, federal system. Argentina claims sovereignty ov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pampa Húmeda
The Humid Pampas () is an extensive ecoregion of flat, fertile grassland of loessic origin in Argentina. It has a precipitation average of 900 mm per year, in contrast with the Dry Pampas to the west, which average less than 700 mm. Setting Like the Pampas in general, the region's terrain is predominantly hilly and of a temperate climate, though rich mollisols are more abundant here than to the west, where soils of loessic origin are more common. Except for a few bluffs near the Paraná and Río de la Plata rivers, as well as the Tandilia and Ventania mountain ranges to the south, the region's slope rarely exceeds 6 degrees. It covers Buenos Aires Province almost completely, the centre and south of Santa Fe Province, most of Córdoba Province and the eastern third of La Pampa Province, totalling at least 600,000 km2. The Uruguayan savanna, which lies east of the rivers in Entre Ríos Province of Argentina, Uruguay and the south of Brazil, is sometimes considered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pampas
The Pampas (; from Quechua 'plain'), also known as the Pampas Plain, are fertile South American low grasslands that cover more than and include the Argentine provinces of Buenos Aires, La Pampa, Santa Fe, Entre Ríos, and Córdoba; all of Uruguay; and Brazil's southernmost state, Rio Grande do Sul. The vast plains are a natural region, interrupted only by the low Ventana and Tandil hills, near Bahía Blanca and Tandil (Argentina), with a height of and , respectively. This ecoregion has been changed by humans, especially since the release of animals like cattle, pigs, and especially sheep onto these plains. The climate is temperate, with precipitation of that is more or less evenly distributed throughout the year, making the soils appropriate for agriculture. The area is also one of the distinct physiography provinces of the larger Paraná–Paraguay plain division. It is considered that the limit of the Pampas plain is to the north with the Atlantic Forest and the G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argentinian Silverside
''Odontesthes bonariensis'' is a species of Neotropical silverside, an euryhaline fish native to fresh, brackish and salt water in south-central and southeastern South America, but also introduced elsewhere. It is often known by the common name Argentinian silverside or pejerrey (the latter is of Spanish origin, meaning "king fish," the Latin ''piscis'' given rise to "pez," ''fish'', and "peje," a kind of fish, and "rey," ''king''), but it is not the only species of silverside in Uruguay and Argentina and pejerrey is also used for many other silversides. It is a commercially important species and the target of major fisheries. ''O. bonariensis'' resembles the other species in the genus ''Odontesthes'', but it is larger, generally reaching up to in total length, and exceptionally as much as long and in weight (reports of even larger are unconfirmed and questionable). Range, habitat and status ''Odontesthes bonariensis'' is native to subtropical and temperate South America east ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pedanía
This article lists the districts of Murcia in Spain. Murcia has 54 districts, which are named ''pedanías''. La Albatalía This district is placed in the northwestern quarter of Murcia and has a surface of 1.92 km2. It is adjacent to the main town, La Arboleja and Guadalupe. There were 2,040 inhabitants in 2019. La Alberca It covers 10.275 km2 and shares borders with Aljucer, Santo Ángel, Baños y Mendigo and El Palmar. 12,755 people resided there in 2019. Algezares This district adjoins Garres y Lages, Beniaján, Gea y Truyols, Baños y Mendigo, Santo Ángel and San Benito - Patiño. It has an area of 24.74 km2An important building of Murcia is located in this territory and it is Nuestra Señora de la Fuensanta Sanctuary. Aljucer This territory is located in the northern half of Murcia. Its surface consists of 4.181 km2. It is adjacent to the main city, San Benito - Patiño, La Alberca, El Palmar, San Ginés and Era Alta. Alquerías It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Departamento General Roca
A ' () is a country subdivision in several Latin American Latin Americans (; ) are the citizenship, citizens of Latin American countries (or people with cultural, ancestral or national origins in Latin America). Latin American countries and their Latin American diaspora, diasporas are Metroethnicity, ... countries, mostly as top-level subnational divisions (except in Argentina). It is usually simply translated as " department". Current use Ten countries currently have '. Past use Mexico in the 1830s was divided into 24 ', which were first-level divisions. It was during an attempt to centralize the government. References Types of administrative division {{Geo-term-stub pt:Departamento ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires, controlled by the government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southwest of the Río de la Plata. Buenos Aires is classified as an Alpha− global city, according to the Globalization and World Cities Research Network, GaWC 2024 ranking. The city proper has a population of 3.1 million and its urban area 16.7 million, making it the List of metropolitan areas, twentieth largest metropolitan area in the world. It is known for its preserved eclecticism, eclectic European #Architecture, architecture and rich culture, cultural life. It is a multiculturalism, multicultural city that is home to multiple ethnic and religious groups, contributing to its culture as well as to the dialect spoken in the city and in some other parts of the country. This is because since the 19th century, the city, and the country in general, has been a major recipient of millions of Immigration to Argentina, im ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Córdoba, Argentina
Córdoba () is a city in central Argentina, in the foothills of the Punilla Valley, Sierras Chicas on the Primero River, Suquía River, about northwest of Buenos Aires. It is the capital of Córdoba Province, Argentina, Córdoba Province and the List of cities in Argentina by population, second-most populous city in Argentina after Buenos Aires, with about 1.6 million urban inhabitants . Córdoba was founded as a settlement on 6 July 1573 by Spanish Empire, Spanish conquistador Jerónimo Luis de Cabrera, who named it after the Spanish city of Córdoba, Spain, Córdoba. It was one of the early Spanish colonial capitals of the region of present-day Argentina (the oldest Argentine city is Santiago del Estero, founded in 1553). The National University of Córdoba, the oldest university of the country, was founded in 1613 by the Society of Jesus, Jesuit Order, and Córdoba has earned the nickname ("the learned"). Córdoba has many historical monuments preserved from the period ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Río Quinto
The Quinto River (), also known as the Popopis, is in central Argentina. It rises in Sierra de San Luis near the Retama mountain in San Luis Province. The Quinto flows to the southeast. Near the Paso de las Carreteras dam, the Quinto River begins to flow through the Pampas. It passes Villa Mercedes city, where it is about wide. It then flows through Córdoba Province. Finally, it flows into the Bañados de la Amarga swamps in its lower course. During the rainy season the Quinto's waters sometimes rise sufficiently to reach Santa Fé and Buenos Aires Buenos Aires, controlled by the government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southwest of the Río de la Plata. Buenos Aires is classified as an Alpha− glob ... provinces and sometimes even as far as the Salado River basin. The Quinto's length is dependent on the season. It can vary from in the dry period to after heavy rain. References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
