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Encyclopedia > La Rioja, Argentina

La Rioja is a city in Argentina. Its full name is "Ciudad de todos los Santos de la Nueva Rioja" and it is named after the region of La Rioja in Spain. It is the birthplace of the former president of Argentina, Isabel Martínez de Perón. La Rioja is a province and autonomous community of northern Spain. ... President Perón giving a speech Isabel Martínez de Perón was born Isabel Martínez on February 4, 1931, in La Rioja, Argentina. ...


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La Rioja, Argentina (325 words)
The climate of La Rioja City is dry and hot with temperatures ranging from 21ºC to 35ºC in Summer and from 5ºC to 20ºC in Winter.
La Rioja city is a joint of antiquity and modernity - narrow streets, low houses, museums, historical monuments, churches and convents contrast with a dinamic commercial centre providing the tourist with an excellent cultural alternative.
La Rioja also presents interesting chances of adventure and contemplative tourism, agrotourism in the vineyards and wine cellars that allow the tourist to taste the various fragances and flavours of Rioja wines.
La Rioja - encyclopedia article about La Rioja. (2006 words)
It is bordered by the provinces of Burgos, La Rioja, Navarra, Guipúzcoa, and Vizcaya.
It is bordered on the west by the autonomous communities of the Basque Country (the provinces of Bizkaia (Vizcaya), Guipúzcoa and Álava), on the south by La Rioja, on the east Aragonese provinces of Zaragoza/Saragossa, Teruel and Huesca, and on the north by France.
It is bordered by the provinces of Lleida, Tarragona, Teruel, Guadalajara, Soria, La Rioja, Navarre, and Huesca.
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