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CATAMARCA (San Fernando de Catamarca)

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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 502 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CATAMARCA (See also:San Fernando de Catamarca)  , See also:capital of the above See also:province on the Rio del See also:Valle de See also:Catamarca, 230 M . (318 in. by See also:rail) N.N.W. of See also:Cordoba . Pop . (1895) 7397; (1905, estimate) 8000, with a large percentage of mestizos . Catamarca is connected by See also:railways with See also:Rioja and Patquia and with Cordoba . The See also:city stands in a narrow, picturesque valley at the See also:foot of the Sierra de See also:Ambato, 1772 ft. above See also:sea level . The valley is highly fertile, partially wooded, and produces See also:fruit in abundance, See also:wine and some cereals . In the city are See also:flour See also:mills and tanneries, and among its exports are See also:leather, fruit, wine, flour, and a curious See also:embroidery for which the See also:women of Catamarca have See also:long been famous . There is a See also:fine See also:church, 220 by 90 ft., and a See also:national See also:college occupies the old Merced See also:convent . The See also:alameda is one of the prettiest in the See also:Argentine See also:Republic, having a See also:reservoir of two acres surrounded by shrubbery and walks . Catamarca was founded in 1685 by Fernando de See also:Mendoza because the See also:town of Chacra, the former provincial capital, a few See also:miles See also:north of Catamarca, had been found unhealthy and subject to inundations . Previous to the selection of Chacra as the provincial capital, the seat of See also:government was at See also:San Juan de Londres, founded in 1558 and named after the capital of See also:England by See also:order of See also:Philip II. in See also:honour of his See also:marriage with See also:Queen See also:Mary .

The arid surroundings of Londres led to its partial See also:

abandonment and it is now a See also:mere See also:village . Cholla, a suburb of Catamarca, is inhabited wholly by See also:Calchaqui See also:Indians, a remnant of the See also:original inhabitants of this region .

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