Tama (La Rioja) | |
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Municipality and village | |
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| Country |  Argentina |
| Province | La Rioja Province |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (ART) |
| Climate | BSh |
Tama (La Rioja) is a municipality and village in La Rioja Province in northwestern Argentina. [1]
Tama (La Rioja) | |
|---|---|
Municipality and village | |
| | |
| Country | Argentina |
| Province | La Rioja Province |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (ART) |
| Climate | BSh |
Tama (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.
CELPA (El Chamical)(Centro de Experimentación y Lanzamiento de Proyectiles Autopropulsados) was a rocket launch site in Argentina, near El Chamical at 38°30′S66°19′W, in the La Rioja Province.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of La Rioja is in Argentina and is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of San Juan de Cuyo.
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.
The Porthos Range is the second range south in the Prince Charles Mountains of Antarctica, extending for about 30 miles in an east-to-west direction between Scylla Glacier and Charybdis Glacier. First visited in December 1956 by the Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions (ANARE) southern party under W.G. Bewsher (1956-57) and named after Porthos, a character in Alexandre Dumas, père's novel The Three Musketeers, the most popular book read on the southern journey.
Amaná is a municipality and village in La Rioja Province in northwestern Argentina.
Chamical is a small city in, and the seat of government of, Chamical Department in the south of La Rioja Province of Argentina. With a population of 12,919 permanent residents at the 2010 census [INDEC], up from 11,831 at the time of the 2001 census, it is the third-most populous settlement in La Rioja Province after Chilecito. It is home to the CELPA aerospace test center, founded in 1961 and operated by the Argentine Air Force. The town, which is crossed by the Tirante wadi, lies on the Ruta 38, around 140 km from La Rioja, and some 300 km from Córdoba.
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Chepes is a municipality and village in La Rioja Province in northwestern Argentina.
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Guandacol is a municipality and village in La Rioja Province in northwestern Argentina.
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30°31′S66°32′W / 30.517°S 66.533°W
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