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, and covers an area of 102,602 km2. Its literacy rate is
Road to Campo de Piedra Pomez
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.
San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca is the capital and largest city in Catamarca Province in northwestern Argentina, on the Río Valle River, at the feet of the Cerro Ambato. The city name is normally
Catamarca Province
…clockwise, from the north): Salta, Tucumán, Santiago del Estero, Córdoba, and La Rioja. To the west it borders the country of Chile. The capital is San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca, usually shortened to Catamarca. Other important cities include Andalgalá, Tinogasta, and Belén. Eighty percent of Catamarca's territory of 102,602…
(From top to bottom; from left to right) Aerial view of the city; Our Lady of the Valley of Catamarca Cathedral; San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca Historical Museum; El Jumeal reservoir and the San Francisco Church.
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Valley
Güemes Avenue and the omnibus terminal
Urban landscape of the city with the Ambato mountain in the back.