La Rioja Province, Argentina
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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.
Talampaya National Park
La Rioja Bishop Enrique Angelelli, whose advocacy for the poor and for peace cost him the support of his church and his life.
Vineyard in Chilecito.
Hangliding in the Famatina valley, La Rioja.
Catamarca Province
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Catamarca is a province of Argentina, located in the northwest of the country. The province had a population of 429,556 as per the 2022 census [INDEC], and covers an area of 102,602 km2. Its literacy rate is 95.5%. Neighbouring provinces are : Salta, Tucumán, Santiago del Estero, Córdoba, and La Rioja. To the west it borders the country of Chile.
View of National Route 40
Archaeological remains of the Pucará civilization, Santa Maria del Yokavíl.
Loading fossil specimens on mules, Field Museum paleontology expedition, rural Catamarca, 1926
Fruit orchards near Londres.