La Rioja, officially 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.
Chilecito is a city in the Argentine province of La Rioja, and head of the department of Chilecito.
The North Argentine Railway was a State-owned railway company which built a 1,000 mmmetre gauge railway network in the Argentine provinces of Catamarca and Córdoba which was later merged with the state-owned Ferrocarril Central Norte in 1909.
The National University of La Rioja is an Argentine national university, situated in the city of La Rioja, capital of La Rioja Province. Its precursor, the Provincial University of La Rioja, was established in 1972.
Gabino Coria Peñaloza was an Argentine poet and lyricist.
Colonia Vichigasta is a municipality and village within the Chilecito Department of La Rioja Province in northwestern Argentina. It is situated immediately west of the larger village and municipality of Vichigasta.
San Miguel (La Rioja) is a municipality and village in La Rioja Province in northwestern Argentina.
San Nicolás is a municipality and village in La Rioja Province in northwestern Argentina.
Santa Florentina (La Rioja) is a municipality and village within the Chilecito Department of La Rioja Province in northwestern Argentina.
Vichigasta is a municipality and village within the Chilecito Department of La Rioja Province in northwestern Argentina. It is situated immediately east of the smaller village of Colonia Vichigasta.
Joaquín Víctor González was an Argentine educator, political scientist, writer, magistrate, and politician.
Samay Huasi is a historic property in Argentina functioning as both a vacation retreat, as well as a museum.
The Sierra de Famatina is a mountain range and massif in the Sierras Pampeanas of the Argentine province of La Rioja. The range rises between the north-south valleys of Bermejo and Antinaco-Los Colorados. The highest point, designated Cerro General Belgrano, rises 20,505 ft and is featured in the coat of arms of La Rioja Province.
Sierra de Velasco is a mountain range in the Argentine province of La Rioja. Sierra de Velasco runs from north to south just west of the city of La Rioja and east of Chilecito.
Chilecito Airport is a public use airport located 9 kilometres (6 mi) southeast of Chilecito, La Rioja, Argentina.
Nicolás Barrios-Lynch (1910–1986) was an Argentine educator and pioneer of the rural libraries movement across South America. After his teaching career, he became a dedicated promoter of public and rural libraries, and the inclusion of foreign books and texts of Argentine original peoples literature in public education, spreading commercial education for entrepreneurship of educational tourism, became Director of Rural Education programs at the Ministry of Public Transportation, and at Argentina's Ministry of Education contributing in philanthropic initiatives for the sustainability of the National Library of Teachers located at the Sarmiento Palace.
Chilecito is a department of the province of La Rioja (Argentina).
Vicente Almandos Almonacid was an Argentine engineer, diplomat, and aviator who participated in the First World War as pilot of the French Air Force.
Chirau Mita is a botanical garden in Argentina, which brings together more than 1,200 species of cacti from all over the world, as well as various genera of trees and species from dry environments, such as aloe vera and the agave.
Jorge Ricardo Herrera is an Argentine politician. A member of the Justicialist Party, he was elected to the National Chamber of Deputies in 2021 in La Rioja Province. From 2015 to 2019, he was a member of the Legislature of La Rioja representing Chilecito Department.
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