Miranda (La Rioja) | |
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Municipality and village | |
Country | Argentina |
Province | La Rioja Province |
Time zone | UTC−3 (ART) |
Miranda (La Rioja) is a municipality and village in La Rioja Province in northwestern Argentina. [1]
La Rioja, oficially Province of La Rioja is a province of Argentina located in the west of the country. The landscape of the province consist of a series of arid to semi-arid mountain ranges and agricultural valleys in between. It is in one of these valleys that the capital of the province, the city of la La Rioja, lies. Neighboring provinces are from the north clockwise Catamarca, Córdoba, San Luis and San Juan. The dinosaur Riojasaurus is named after the province.
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