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Córdoba is a city located in the foothills of the Sierra Chica mountains on the Suquía river, the center of Argentina's most productive agricultural area. It is the capital of Córdoba Province. Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 380 KB)i took this picture in downtown Cordoba, Argentina; Feb, 2005. ...
Download high resolution version (1600x1200, 380 KB)i took this picture in downtown Cordoba, Argentina; Feb, 2005. ...
A city is an urban area, differentiated from a town, village, or hamlet by size, population density, importance, or legal status. ...
Suquía is an alternate name of the Rio Primero in Córdoba province, Argentina. ...
Map of Argentina highlighting Córdoba. ...
Córdoba is a major industrial center, but retains many historic buildings dating from the Colonial era.
As of 2003 Córdoba had a population of about 1,350,000 inhabitants, making it Argentina's joint second-largest city, a position it traditionally shares with Rosario, the largest being Buenos Aires. Córdoba is located at 31°24' South, 64°11' West (-31.4, -64.18333). [1] (http://earth-info.nga.mil/gns/html/cntry_files.html) 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Events January events January 1 Luíz Inácio Lula Da Silva becomes the 37th President of Brazil. ...
The second city of a country is the city that is (or was) the second-most important, usually after the capital or first city, according to some criteria. ...
This article or section should include material from Rosario, Argentina This is an article about a city in Argentina. ...
Buenos Aires (Good Air in Spanish, originally meaning Fair Winds) is the capital of Argentina and its largest city and port, as well as one of the largest cities in South America. ...
History Córdoba was founded in 1573 by Jerónimo Luis de Cabrera, who named it after Córdoba, Spain. It was one the first Spanish Colonial capitals of the region that is now Argentina (older cities were Buenos Aires (1536) and Santiago del Estero, founded in 1553). The National University of Cordoba is the second oldest university in South America. It was founded in 1613 by the Jesuitic order. Events January - articles of Warsaw Confederation signed, sanctioning religious freedom in Poland. ...
See Córdoba for other places with the same name. ...
Events June 26 - Christs Hospital in London gets a Royal Charter July 6 - Edward VI of England dies July 10 - Lady Jane Grey is proclaimed Queen of England - for the next nine days July 18 - Lord Mayor of London proclaims Queen Mary as the rightful Queen - Lady Jane Grey...
South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ...
Events January - Galileo observes Neptune, but mistakes it for a star and so is not credited with its discovery. ...
After the end of World War II Córdoba became a major centre for the Argentine aircraft industry, and the site of Argentina's military aeroplane factory, the Fábrica Militar de Aviones. Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km (over 11 miles) into the air. ...
The Argentinian Government offered positions to German technicians from the Focke Wulf company at its aerotechnical institute, the Instituto Aerotécnico in Córdoba. Many moved there in 1947. Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau AG was a German manufacturer of military aircraft used by the Luftwaffe during World War II. Many of the companys successful fighter aircraft designs were slight modifications of the Focke-Wulf Fw 190. ...
1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...
The Instituto Aerotécnico later became the Fábrica Militar de Aviones. It employed the Focke Wulf men until President Juan Perón fell from power in 1955. Juan Domingo Perón (October 8, 1895 – July 1, 1974) was an Argentine military officer and the President of Argentina from 1946 to 1955 and from 1973 to 1974. ...
1955 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Historical Heritage Córdoba has plenty of historical monuments preserved from the times of Spanish colonialism (see Spanish colonization of the Americas), especially buildings of the Roman Catholic Church. The most recognizable is perhaps the Jesuit Block (Spanish: "Manzana Jesuítica"), declared in 2000 as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO [2] (http://whc.unesco.org/pg.cfm?cid=31&id_site=995). It is a block of buildings from the 17th century, including the Montserrat school, the university (today the historical museum of the National University of Córdoba), and the church of the "Compañía de Jesús." (Spanish for "Society of Jesus") World map of colonialism circa 1945. ...
Spanish colonization of the Americas began with the arrival in the Americas of Christopher Columbus in 1492. ...
Saint Peters Basilica in Rome. ...
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2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Elabana Falls is in Lamington National Park, part of the Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves World Heritage site in Queensland, Australia. ...
UNESCO logo The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, commonly known as UNESCO, is a specialized agency of the United Nations system established in 1946. ...
(16th century - 17th century - 18th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700. ...
The Society of Jesus — also known by its Latin name Societatis Iesu or its English variant Jesuit Order — is a Christian religious order of the Roman Catholic Church in direct service to the Pope. ...
Government 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar, and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Events January events January 1 Luíz Inácio Lula Da Silva becomes the 37th President of Brazil. ...
Sport The most popular sport in Cordoba is football. Several leagues and divisions dispute annually the local championship. Important teams are Belgrano, Talleres, Instituto Atletico Central Cordoba, Racing of Cordoba, Universitario, and many others. Rugby is also a very popular sport in the city of Cordoba, which has close to 20 teams with many divisions. Tala rugby club, Tablada, Jockey Club, Athletic, Palermo Bajo, Universitario are some of the most prestigious teams. Basketball, hockey, golf, karting, etc. are also important sport areas in Cordoba city.
Culture Cordoba has been for long considered the cultural city of Argentina. Literary activity used to fourish in this city at the beginning of the last century. Cordoba was the city Leopoldo Lugones, Arturo Capdevila, and Marcos Aginis, among other many prestigious writers.
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