See also: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
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(318 in. by See also:rail) N.N.W. of See also: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 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
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The valley is highly fertile, partially wooded, and produces See also:fruit in abundance, See also:wine and some cereals
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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
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There is a See also:fine See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church, 220 by 90 ft., and a See also:national See also:college occupies the old Merced See also:convent
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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
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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
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order of See also:- PHILIP
- PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
- PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
- PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
- PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)
Philip II. in See also:honour of his See also:marriage with See also:Queen See also:Mary
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The arid surroundings of Londres led to its partial See also:- ABANDONMENT (Fr. abandonnement, from abandonner, to abandon, relinquish; abandonner was originally equivalent to mettred banddn, to leave to the jurisdiction, i.e. of another, bandon being from Low Latin bandum, bannum, order, decree, " ban ")
abandonment and it is now a See also:mere See also:village
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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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