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unusual facts about Antofagasta de la Sierra, Catamarca



Ambato

Ambato Department, a department (administrative division) in Catamarca Province, Argentina

Andalgalá Department

The Capillitas Mine is a rich source of Rhodochrosite, (Inca Rosa), as well as 87 other types of mineral, including Catamarcaite, which is named after the Province of Catamarca.

Antofagasta de la Sierra Department

The department is most famous for its volcanic activity, there are over 200 volcanos situated in the area, the most notable of them are Antofagasta, Antofalla, Carachi Pampa, Alumbrera and Galán.

The provincial subdivision has a population of about 1,300 inhabitants in an area of 28,097 km², and its capital city is Antofagasta de la Sierra.

capital= Antofagasta de la Sierra

Antofagasta de la Sierra, Catamarca

Tourism plays an important part in the local economy as many tourists come to see the nearby mountains volcanoes and calderas including Galán caldera and the Antofagasta de la Sierra mountain.

Arnoldo Castillo

His tenure, in turn, was criticized for refusing to advertise in El Ancasti, Catamarca's most important news daily, as well as for its numerous lawsuits against the publication.

Capayán

Today a Catamarca's department takes their name (See Capayán Department).

Chatkalite

Chatkalite has also been located in few other places since then namely Ubertad Mine, Quirulvica Province of Santiago de Chuco, Peru, Mine McCoy, McCoy district, Lander County, Nevada USA and Eugenia Maria Vein, Cerro Shortcut, Catamarca, Argentina.

Choya

Choya, Argentina, a village and municipality in Catamarca Province, Argentina

Coronel Felipe Varela International Airport

Felipe Varela was a militar born in Catamarca in 1821 who fought in the Paraguayan War and died in Ñantoco, Chile in 1870.

Daniel Tinte

Tinte's love of music was inherited from his grandfather, Jose María Tinte, a native of Fuerte Quemado, (Catamarca).

Hugo Rafael Soto

Hugo Rafael Soto (born 16 August 1967 in Catamarca, Argentina) is a former professional boxer.

Ismael Morandini

After college, he entered the theatrical career, but quickly abandoned due to a job offer that took the family to the city of San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca, Catamarca.

It was mid 2009, after the death of Sebastian Mancilla Olivares decides to write a new version of the play in which he had participated in only eighteen to be released in late 2010, but the middle of that year, Ismael had a car crash between Tucumán Catamarca, which ended his life, after an agonizing week.

Karl Oenike

In 1887 he was invited by Prof.Ludwig Brackebusch to participate in a geographical and geological expedition surveying the Andes mountains starting in the province of San Juan to the province of Catamarca in Argentina’s NW.

La Dorada

La Dorada, Catamarca, a municipality in Catamarca Province in northwestern Argentina.


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