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Encyclopedia > Capilla del Monte
Cities and towns
in Argentina
Capilla del Monte
Province Córdoba
Department Punilla
Location 30°51′ S 64°31′ W
Elevation 979 m AMSL
Population 9,085
Demonym
Phone code +54 3548
CPA base X5184
Image:Plaza San Martín, Capilla del Monte.jpg

Capilla del Monte is a small city in the province of Córdoba, Argentina, located by the Sierras Chicas mountain chain, in the northern end of the Punilla Valley. It has about 9,000 inhabitants as per the 2001 census [INDEC]. This is a list of cities in Argentina. ... Argentina consists of 23 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia), and 1 federal district (Capital Federal *). Capital Federal * Buenos Aires Catamarca Chaco Chubut Córdoba Corrientes Entre Ríos Formosa Jujuy La Pampa La Rioja Mendoza Misiones Neuquén Río Negro Salta San Juan San Luis Santa Cruz Santa Fe Santiago... Córdoba is a province of Argentina, located in the center of the country. ... Departments (Spanish: departamentos) form the second level of administrative division in the provinces of Argentina. ... The Punilla Department is an administrative division of the province of Córdoba, Argentina. ... Basic Definition In geography, the elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or some other fixed point). ... The metre, or meter, is a measure of length, approximately equal to 3. ... The term above mean sea level (AMSL) refers to the elevation (on the ground) or altitude (in the air) of any object, relative to the average sea level. ... A demonym or gentilic is a word that denotes the members of a people or the inhabitants of a place. ... A telephone numbering plan is a system that allows subscribers to make and receive telephone calls across long distances. ... Argentina made major changes to its telephone numbering plan in 1999, after its telephone system was privatized. ... The Argentine postal code is a system that assigns at least an unique alphanumeric postal codes to each municipality. ... ISO 3166-2:AR is an ISO standard which defines geocodes: it is the subset of ISO 3166-2 which applies to Argentina. ... Argentina consists of 23 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia), and 1 federal district (Capital Federal *). Capital Federal * Buenos Aires Catamarca Chaco Chubut Córdoba Corrientes Entre Ríos Formosa Jujuy La Pampa La Rioja Mendoza Misiones Neuquén Río Negro Salta San Juan San Luis Santa Cruz Santa Fe Santiago... Córdoba is a province of Argentina, located in the center of the country. ... The Punilla Valley (in Spanish, Valle de Punilla) is a broad fluvial valley in the province of Córdoba, Argentina. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... 1870 US Census for New York City A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). ... National Statistics and Censuses Institute (Spanish: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos, INDEC) is the Argentine government agency responsible for the collection and processing of statistical data. ...


The main tourist attraction in the area is the Cerro Uritorco, a small mountain only 3 km from the city, famed around Argentina as an alleged center of paranormal phenomena and UFO sightings. The Cerro Uritorco is a mountain (cerro) and highest peak of the Sierras Chicas chain in the northwest of the province of Córdoba, Argentina. ... An anomalous phenomenon is an observed phenomenon for which there is no agreeable rational explanation. ... UFO redirects here. ...


The city also features the tall El Cajón Dam and its large reservoir. The wall of the El Cajón Dam. ... Gelmersee is a reservoir in Switzerland. ...


Capilla del Monte was founded on 1585-12-30. Its name means "Chapel of the Mount" in Spanish. 1585 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar. ... December 30 is the 364th day of the year (365th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 1 day remaining. ...


Official WebSite: www.capilladelmonte.gov.ar



 
 

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