La Rioja

Capital	La Rioja
Area	89,680 km²
Population	289,983 (2001)
Density	3.23/km²
Governor	Ángel Eduardo Maza
Demonym	Riojano

La Rioja is a one of the provinces of Argentina and is, located in the west of the country. Neighboring provinces are from the north clockwise Catamarca, Córdoba, San Luis and San Juan. Image File history File links Flag_of_La_Rioja_province_in_Argentina. ... La Rioja is a city in Argentina. ... A square metre (US spelling: square meter) is by definition the area enclosed by a square with sides each 1 metre long. ... Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. ... A demonym or gentilic is a word that denotes the members of a people or the inhabitants of a place. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (520x1004, 13 KB) Provincia de La Rioja, Argentina A map highlighting La Rioja Province, 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... Map of Argentina highlighting the province Catamarca is a province of Argentina, located in the northwest of the country. ... Córdoba is a province of Argentina, located in the centre of the country. ... Categories: Argentina geography stubs | Argentine provinces ... San Juan is a province of Argentina, located in the west of the country. ...

Among Argentines it is famous and infamous as the province where former president and controversial figure Carlos Menem was governor and caudillo. Carlos Saúl Menem (born July 2, 1930) was President of Argentina from July 8, 1989 to December 10, 1999 for the Justicialist Party (Peronist). ... Caudillo is a Spanish (caudilho in Portuguese) word designating a politico-military leader at the head of an authoritative power. The related caudillismo is a cultural phenomenon that first appeared during the early 19th century in revolutionary South America, as a type of militia leader with a charismatic personality and...

History

Petroglyphs at the Talampaya National Park dated around 10,000 years BC set original inhabitants long before the arrival of the Spanish conquerors. When they arrived to La Rioja in the 16th century they found the diaguitas, capayanes and the olongastas. Petroglyphs on a Bishop Tuff tableland Petroglyph on Petroglyph Point Petroglyphs on Petroglyph Point Petroglyphs on Petroglyph Point Petroglyphs on Newspaper Rock State Historic Monument Petroglyphs from Scandinavia (H�ljesta, V�stmanland in Sweden). ... Talampaya National Park is a national park located in the east/centre of La Rioja Province, Argentina. ... BC may stand for: Ballistic Coefficient  a measure of air drag on a projectile by calculating a ratio its sectional density to its coefficient of form. ... Spanish conquest and colonization of the Americas began with the arrival in America of Christopher Columbus in 1492. ... Diaguita. ...

Juan Ramírez de Velazco founded Todos los Santos de la Nueva Rioja in 1591 under the government of Tucumán of the Viceroyalty of Peru. In 1630 there was an uprising of the calchaquíes aborigins that was finished by governor Albornoz. Map of Argentina highlighting the province Tucumán is a province of Argentina, located in the northwest of the country. ... Created in 1542, the Viceroyalty of Peru (in Spanish, Virreinato del Perú) contained most of Spanish-ruled South America until the creation of the separate viceroyalties of New Granada (now Colombia, Ecuador, Panamá and Venezuela, the last-named previously in the Viceroyalty of New Spain) in 1717 and Río...

In 1783, after the creation of the Viceroyalty of the River Plate the control of the province of 10,000 inhabitants passed to the Córdoba indendency. The province acquired independency from Córdoba in 1820. The figure of the caudillo Juan Facundo Quiroga emerges and after a perdiod internal inestability in Argentina the province finally joined the Argentine Confederation in 1853. Created in 1776, the Viceroyalty of La Plata (in Spanish, Virreinato del Río de la Plata) was the last and most shortlived viceroyalty created by Spain. ... Córdoba is a province of Argentina, located in the centre of the country. ... Caudillo is a Spanish (caudilho in Portuguese) word designating a politico-military leader at the head of an authoritative power. The related caudillismo is a cultural phenomenon that first appeared during the early 19th century in revolutionary South America, as a type of militia leader with a charismatic personality and... Juan Facundo Quiroga (1790–1835) was an Argentine leader who supported federation. ...

The immigration to Argentina of the early 20th century was less numerous in La Rioja than in other Argentine provinces. Among the few to adventure to the province were Syrians and Lebanese immigrants.

Geography and climate

Located in the Argentine Northwest area, its landscape is arid to semi-arid, and the dry climate receives annually 200 mm of precipitations, has short winters and very hot summers. The Argentine Northwest is a region of Argentina composed by the provinces of Jujuy, Salta, Catamarca and Tucumán. ...

From the Andes at the west, with peaks of up to 6,872 meters (Cerro Bonete), the relief's height descents towards the sierras of the neighbouring dry Pampas zone. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... The Pampas (from Quechua, meaning plain) are the fertile South American lowlands that include the Argentine provinces of Buenos Aires, La Pampa, Santa Fe, and Córdoba, most of Uruguay, and the southernmost end of Brazil, covering more than 750,000 km² (290,000 square miles). ...

The Talampaya National Park is a dry red-soil cannon of the ancient extinguished Talampaya river, which contains many walls and rock formations that make it an interesting tourist destination. Talampaya National Park is a national park located in the east/centre of La Rioja Province, Argentina. ...

Economy

La Rioja's agriculture (as well as cities) lays on the shore of the few permanents rivers and oasis that allow irrigation, with only 190 square kilometres of cultivated land. Vineyards, nuts and olive plantations are the most common, followed by cotton. Irrigation in the Heart of the Sahara Irrigation (in agriculture) is the replacement or supplementation of rainfall with water from another source in order to grow crops. ... A vineyard Vineyard with bird netting Wine grapes with netting as protection against birds A vineyard (vignoble in French, vigna or vigneto in Italian, vinha in Portuguese, viña or viñedo in Spanish, Weinberg in German) is a place where grapes are grown for making wine, raisins, or table... Look up Nut on Wiktionary, the free dictionary A nut is a type of fruit borne by certain flowering plants. ... Binomial name Olea europaea L. The Olive (Olea europaea) is a species of small tree in the family Oleaceae, native to coastal areas of the eastern Mediterranean region. ... Cotton is a soft fibre that grows around the seeds of the cotton plant, a shrub native to the tropical and subtropical regions of both the Old World and the New World. ...

The province's main activity is the grape, and its associated wine production, specially around the Chilecito area, with a production of 8 million litres per year. Species Vitis acerifolia Vitis aestivalis Vitis amurensis Vitis arizonica Vitis x bourquina Vitis californica Vitis x champinii Vitis cinerea Vitis x doaniana Vitis girdiana Vitis labrusca Vitis x labruscana Vitis monticola Vitis mustangensis Vitis x novae-angliae Vitis palmata Vitis riparia Vitis rotundifolia Vitis rupestris Vitis shuttleworthii Vitis tiliifolia Vitis... A glass of red wine Wine is an alcoholic beverage that is made by fermenting grapes or grape juice. ...

Cattle (250,000 heads) and goats (150,000 heads) are secondary activities, particularly for skin and leather. Clay represents the main mining activity, and uranium is also extracted near El Colorado. Binomial name Bos taurus Linnaeus, 1758 Cattle (called simply cows in vernacular usage) are domesticated ungulates, a member of the subfamily Bovinae of the family Bovidae. ... Species See Species and subspecies A goat is an mammal in the genus Capra, which consists of nine species: the Ibex, the West Caucasian Tur, the East Caucasian Tur, the Markhor, and the Wild Goat. ... Clay is a generic term for an aggregate of hydrous silicate particles less than 4 μm (micrometres) in diameter. ... General Name, Symbol, Number uranium, U, 92 Chemical series actinides Group, Period, Block ?, 7, f Appearance silvery gray metallic Atomic mass 238. ...

Tourism is an expanding activity. Besides the Talampaya National Park, tourists visiting La Rioja usually go also to the Chilecito town, Cerro de La Cruz, Termas de Santa Teresita hot baths and the village of Villa Sanagasta. Talampaya National Park is a national park located in the east/centre of La Rioja Province, Argentina. ...

Political division

The province is divided in 18 departments (spanish departamentos). The word department has a number of meanings: It can mean an administrative sector of the government. ...

1. Arauco (Aimogasta)
2. Capital (La Rioja)
3. Castro Barros (Aminga)
4. Chamical (Chamical)
5. Chilecito (Chilecito)
6. Coronel Felipe Varela (Villa Unión)
7. Famatina (Famatina)
8. General Angel Vicente Peñaloza (Tama)
9. General Belgrano (Olta)
10. General Juan Facundo Quiroga (Malazán)
11. General Lamadrid (Villa Castelli)
12. General Ocampo (Milagro)
13. General San Martín (Ulapes)
14. Independencia (Patquía)
15. Rosario Vera Peñaloza (Chepes)
16. San Blas (San Blas)
17. Sanagasta (Sanagasta)
18. Vinchina (Vinchina)

La Rioja is a city in Argentina. ...

Provinces of Argentina
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