TUCUMAN  , a See also:

• NORTHERN

northern See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of See also:

• ARGENTINA

Argentina, bounded N. by See also:

• SALTA
• SALTA (Italian for " jump!")

Salta, E. by See also:

• SANTIAGO, or SANTIAGO DE CHILE

Santiago del Estero, S. and W. by See also:

• CATAMARCA
• CATAMARCA (San Fernando de Catamarca)

Catamarca . See also:

• AREA

Area, 8926 sq. m . Pop . (1895), 215,742; (1904, estimated) 263,079 . The Sierra de Aconquija is on the western frontier of the province and there is also broken See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country in the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north, but in the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east the country is See also:

• FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat, alluvial and very fertile . The only large See also:

• RIVER

river is the Sall, or Dulce, which receives a large number of small streams from the Sierra de Aconquija and flows through Santiago del Estero to the Porongos lagoons on the frontier of See also:

• CORDOBA
• CORDOBA, GONZALO FERNANDEZ DE (1453–15.15)

Cordoba . The exports are See also:

• SUGAR

sugar, See also:

• RUM
• RUM (according to Skeat, a corruption of Malay brum or bram; the adjective " rum," i.e. " queer," being a distinct word, in Gipsy rem)

rum (aguardiente), See also:

• TIMBER

timber, hides, See also:

• LEATHER (a word which appears in all Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Leder, Dutch leer or leder, Swed. leder, and in such Celtic forms as Welsh llader)
• LEATHER, ARTIFICIAL

leather, See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit and Tafi See also:

• CHEESE (Lat. caseus)

cheese made in an upland valley of the Aconquija .