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CATAMARCA ( See also: Valle de Catamarca, 230 M
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(318 in. by See also: rail) N.N.W. of Cordoba
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Pop
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(1895) 7397; (1905, estimate) 8000, with a large percentage of mestizos
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Catamarca is connected by See also: railways with See also: Rioja and Patquia and with Cordoba
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The 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
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The valley is highly fertile, partially wooded, and produces fruit in abundance, See also: wine and some cereals
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In the city are See also: flour mills and tanneries, and among its exports are See also: leather, fruit, wine, flour, and a curious embroidery for which the See also: women of Catamarca have long been famous
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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 convent
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The See also: alameda is one of the prettiest in the See also: Argentine Republic, having a See also: reservoir of two acres surrounded by shrubbery and walks
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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
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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 honour of his
See also: marriage with See also: Queen Mary
.
The arid surroundings of Londres led to its partial abandonment and it is now aSee 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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