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2 unusual facts about Catamarca Province


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.

Salado River

In Catamarca Province and La Rioja Province, the local Colorado river is also referred to as the Salado River


Abaucán

It begins in the north of the Tinogasta Department of Catamarca Province, at the confluence of several rivers created by the melting of snow and precipitation in the high Andean peaks, such as the volcano Nevado Incahuasi (6,638 meters), Cerro El Muerto (6,488 metres) and Cerro Negro of Laguna Verde (5,764 metres), which dominates in addition the basin of Salina of Laguna Verde.

Battle of Famaillá

Lavalle was finally forced to retreat towards Catamarca Province, where he and Lamadrid divided the provinces again: the latter would go to Cuyo to try to raise an insurrection against Rosas, while Lavalle would await a confrontation with Oribe in Tucumán, joining his forces with that province's governor, Marco Avellaneda.

Catedral Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Valle

Catedral Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Valle is a basilica cathedral in San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca, Catamarca Province, Argentina.

Daniel Tinte

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

José Colombres

Colombres was elected by Catamarca Province to the Tucumán Congress in 1816, having served as a parish priest in Piedra Blanca in that province.

Manuel Antonio Acevedo

He was ordained a priest on 8 December 1794 and served in Cachi, then Molinos in Salta Province, and later in Belén, Catamarca Province.


see also

Ambato

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

Choya

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

La Dorada

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