Infobox settlement See Template Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions name Famatina ... pushpin map alt pushpin map caption Location of Famatina in Argentina latd 28 latm 55 lats latNS ... Famatina Department Famatina established title established date founder government footnotes leader ... http www.example.com example.com footnotes FamatinaFamatina is a town in the provinces of Argentina ... ar 2001 , and is the only municipality in the Famatina Department . Located in fertile valley between Sierra de Famatina and Sierra de Velasco Famatina s economy revolve around jojoba and olive ... indigenous inhabitants have been recognised as Diaguita s. The site of Famatina was first explored ... Mining Corporation in Famatina Osisko Mining Corporation, based in Montreal, Canada, signed an agreement ... ESME to develop the Famatina gold project. This project would cover an area of 40 km sup 2 sup in the Famatina ... OSISKO AND EMSE SIGN AGREEMENT FOR DEVELOPMENT OF FAMATINA PROJECT IN ARGENTINA url http www.infomine.com ... last Ruiz first Ivan title Famatina listas negras y contradicciones en el conflicto minero url http www.lanacion.com.ar 1442553 famatina contradicciones y espionaje en el conflicto minero accessdate 4 February 2012 newspaper http www.lanacion.com.ar 1442553 famatina contradicciones y espionaje en el ... s project. The Mayor of Famatina, Ismael Bardogaray, strongly opposes Osisko s presence in Famatina ... Famatina, la pol tica detr s de la megaminer a url http www.eltribuno.info Jujuy 118663 Famatina ... 16 January 2012 ref Protests Residents of Famatina began to protest in August 2011, when the agreement ... OF FAMATINA EXPLORATION PROJECT url http www.osisko.com en press 2012 01 30 665 osisko updates status of famatina exploration project.html accessdate 3 February 2012 ref On January 2nd, 2012, residents ... Provincia cite news title Se cumple el plazo para la llegada de la minera Osisko a Famatina url http ... date 15 January 2012 ref ref name Mining Watch Protesters, including the Mayor of Famatina, Ismael ... more details
Taxobox name Famatina Chinchilla Rat status DD status system iucn3.1 status ref ref name iucn IUCN2008 assessors Jayat, J. & Ojeda, R. year 2008 id 136367 title Abrocoma famatina downloaded 5 January 2009 ref regnum Animalia phylum Chordata classis Mammalia ordo Rodent ia familia Abrocomidae genus Abrocoma species A. famatina binomial Abrocoma famatina binomial authority Thomas, 1920 synonyms The Famatina Chinchilla Rat Abrocoma famatina is a species of chinchilla rat in the family Abrocomidae found only in Argentina . ref name braun2002 cite journal title Systematics of the Abrocoma cinerea species complex Rodentia Abrocomidae , with a description of a new species of Abrocoma author Braun, Janet K. coauthors Mares, Michael A. month February year 2002 journal Journal of Mammalogy volume 83 issue 1 pages 1 19 doi 10.1644 1545 1542 2002 083 0001 SOTACS 2.0.CO 2 issn 1545 1542 ref References reflist Abrocomidae nav Category Abrocoma Category Mammals of Argentina rodent stub es Abrocoma famatina eu Abrocoma famatina pt Abrocoma famatina uk ... more details
image Coat of arms of La Rioja province.png thumb 200px Coat of arms of La Rioja featuring Cerro General Belgrano Sierra de Famatina is mountain range and massif in the Andes of the Argentine province of La Rioja Province Argentina La Rioja . The range rises between the north south valleys of Bermejo and Antinaco Los Colorados. The highest point, called Nevado de Famatina or Cerro General Belgrano , rises 6250 m.a.s.l. and is featured in the coat of arms of La Rioja. Argentina geo stub coord 29 00 52 S 67 47 58 W region AR type mountain DEFAULTSORT Famatina, Sierra Category Geography of La Rioja Province, Argentina Category Mountain ranges of Argentina de Sierra de Famatina es Cerro General Belgrano fr Cerro General Belgrano ... more details
Taxobox name Famatina tuco tuco image status DD status system IUCN3.1 status ref ref name iucn IUCN2008 assessors Bidau, C., Lessa, E. & Ojeda, R. year 2008 id 136588 title Ctenomys famosus downloaded 18 March 2009 ref regnum Animalia phylum Chordata classis Mammalia ordo Rodent ia familia Ctenomyidae genus Ctenomys species C. famosus binomial Ctenomys famosus binomial authority Oldfield Thomas Thomas , 1920 synonyms subdivision ranks Subspecies subdivision The Famatina tuco tuco Ctenomys famosus is a species of rodent in the family Ctenomyidae . ref name MSW3 MSW3 Hystricognathi id 13400298 page 1563 ref It is endemic to northern Argentina . The common name of the species comes from the Famatina municipality , department and Sierra de Famatina mountain range of the same name at the Type biology type locality type locality . References reflist Category Mammals of Argentina Ctenomyidae nav rodent stub Category Tuco tucos Category Endemic fauna of Argentina eu Ctenomys famosus uk Ctenomys famosus ... more details
Famaill Department may refer to Famaill Department, Tucum n Famatina Department, La Rioja geodis Long comment to avoid being listed on short pages ... more details
italictitle Taxobox name Abrocoma fossil range none regnum Animalia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Mammal ia ordo Rodent ia subordo Hystricomorpha familia Abrocomidae genus Abrocoma genus authority George Robert Waterhouse Waterhouse , 1837 subdivision ranks Species subdivision Abrocoma bennettii br Abrocoma boliviensis br Abrocoma budini br Abrocoma cinerea br Abrocoma famatina br Abrocoma schistacea br Abrocoma uspallata br Abrocoma vaccarum Abrocoma is a genus of Abrocomidae abrocomid rodent s found in the Andes of South America , from southern Peru to central Chile . The genus contains eight species , most of which are found in isolated mountain ranges in northwestern Argentina. Species Genus Abrocoma Abrocoma bennettii Bennett s Chinchilla Rat Abrocoma boliviensis Bolivian Chinchilla Rat Abrocoma budini Budin s Chinchilla Rat Abrocoma cinerea Ashy Chinchilla Rat Abrocoma famatina Famatina Chinchilla Rat Abrocoma schistacea Sierra del Tontal Chinchilla Rat Abrocoma uspallata Uspallata Chinchilla Rat Abrocoma vaccarum Mendozan Chinchilla Rat Additionally, the species Cuscomys oblativus was formerly classified as Abrocoma oblativus , but has been reassigned. ref http darrennaish.blogspot.com 2006 03 giant furry pets of incas.html Giant Furry Pets Of The Incas ref References references Braun, J. K. and M. A. Mares. 2002. Systematics of the Abrocoma cinerea species complex Rodentia Abrocomidae , with a description of a new species of Abrocoma . Journal of Mammalogy, 83 1 19. http darrennaish.blogspot.com 2006 03 giant furry pets of incas.html Giant Furry Pets Of The Incas Abrocomidae nav Category Abrocoma Category Chinchilla rats rodent stub br Abrocoma es Abrocoma fr Abrocoma hu Abrocoma nl Echte chinchillaratten oc Abrocoma pl Abrocoma pt Abrocoma uk ... more details
Automatic taxobox taxon Hippeastreae image Starr 080327 3845 Hippeastrum striatum.jpg image caption Hippeastrum striatum authority synonyms ref synonyms subdivisions Hippeastreae is a tribe biology tribe of plants belonging to the subfamily Amaryllidoideae of the Amaryllis family biology family Amaryllidaceae . Species in this tribe are distributed in South America. Flowers are large and showy, zygomorphic, with the stamens in varying lengths, inflorescence bracts are often fused basally along one side . The seeds are flattened, winged or D shaped. Reported basic chromosome numbers are x 8 13, 17, and higher. All the species in this tribe presents a remarkable aesthetic interest and horticultural value. ref name Meerow2000b Meerow,A.W., Charles L. Guy, Qin Bao Li and Si Lin Yang http www.bulbsociety.org meerow Meerow 20et 20al American.pdf Phylogeny of the American Amaryllidaceae Based on nrDNA ITS Sequences Systematic Botany, Vol. 25, No. 4 pp. 708 726 ref ref name vigneron cite web url http www.amaryllidaceae.org Hippeastreae.htm title Hippeastreae author Pascal Vigneron publisher Amaryllidaceae.org accessdate August 9, 2011 ref It includes two subtribes subtribe Hippeastrineae includes species of medium height and often with many flowers in each inflorescence and inflorescence bracts are different in size and fused basally. Genera in this subtribe include Placea , Hippeastrum , Phycella includes Famatina plant Famatina , Eithea Griffiniopsis , Rhodophiala , and Traubia . ref name vigneron subtribe Zephyranthinea includes species of small height with solitary flowers. Inflorescence bracts are fused forming a tube surrounding the pedicel of the flower. Genera in this subtribe are Sprekelia , Habranthus , Cooperia , and Zephyranthes . ref name vigneron ref name GRIN GRIN name Cooperia Herb. id 14092 accessdate August 9, 2011 ref References Reflist Category Amaryllidoideae es Hippeastreae ... more details
Infobox Governor name Luis Beder Herrera image Kirchner y Luis Beder Herrera.jpg caption Governor Luis Beder Herrera left and then President N stor Kirchner , 2007. order nowiki office Governor of La Rioja term start 8 March 2007 term end lieutenant None 2007 br Teresa Luna 2007 predecessor ngel Maza successor office2 Vice Governor of La Rioja term start2 10 December 1995 term end2 8 March 2007 governor2 ngel Maza birth date birth date and age 1951 5 26 birth place Campanas, La Rioja, ARG profession Lawyer party Justicialist Party footnotes Luis Beder Herrera born 26 May 1951 is an Argentina Argentine Justicialist Party PJ politician. He is current governor of La Rioja Province Argentina La Rioja Province . Born in Campanas, La Rioja, Herrera graduated as a lawyer in 1976 from the National University of the Littoral . In 1983 he was re elected as a provincial deputy for Famatina Famatina Department , serving until 1989 with a period as 1st Vice President of the Chamber of Deputies. In 1991 he became coordinating minister of government for the province and in 1995 he was elected Vice Governor as running mate to ngel Maza . In 2006, Maza and Herrera had a public falling out over the following year s election. Maza wanted to stand for a further term. The dispute involved the provincial legislature, and Maza was eventually forced to resign in March 2007, with Herrera succeeding him. Beder Herrera was formally elected as governor in October 2007. External links es icon http www.larioja.gov.ar La Rioja Province References references start box incumbent succession box title Governor of La Rioja before ngel Maza start 8 March 2007 end box ArgentinaGovernors Persondata NAME Beder Herrera, Luis ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Argentine politician, governor of La Rioja Province Argentina La Rioja Province DATE OF BIRTH 26 May 1951 PLACE OF BIRTH Campanas, La Rioja, Argentina DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Beder Herrera, Luis Category 1951 births Category Livi ... more details
Rioja and Chilecito are separated by Sierra de Velasco and west of Chilecito and Famatina rises the Sierra de Famatina with heights of up to 6.250 m.a.sl. The Talampaya National Park is a dry red soil ... Parapente Famatina.jpg thumb 240px Hangliding in the Famatina valley, La Rioja. The province is divided ... Coronel Felipe Varela Villa Uni n Famatina Department FamatinaFamatina General ngel Vicente Pe aloza ... more details
File Sierras pampeanas1.png framed Location of the region File Sierras de Famatina Chilecito.jpg right thumb 250px General Belgrano hill File Contribucion de gonzalo131313.jpg thumb right 300px West side of Champaqu after a snowfall File Cerro camino palmeras.JPG right thumb 300px Trithrinax campestris forest, near Papagayos The Sierras pampeanas or Pampas Sierras Pampas Mountains is a geographical region of Republic of Argentina Argentina . The Sierras pampeanas are a chain of mountains that rise sharply from the surrounding pampa region of Northwest Argentina. They run parallel to the Andes Mountains and their crest line is some convert 540 km mi abbr on east of the Andes crest line running from 29 to 35 S latitude at about 65 W longitude . They cross into seven Argentina provinces Province of San Luis San Luis , Province of San Juan Argentina San Juan , C rdoba Province Argentina C rdoba , La Rioja Province Argentina La Rioja , Catamarca Province Catamarca , Santiago del Estero Province Santiago del Estero and province of Tucum n Tucum n . Geography The highest point of the Sierras pampeanas is Cerro General Belgrano 6250 m above sea level in La Rioja, in the Famatina area. Between the high points are several salt filled depressions. The Salinas Grandes depression is located in Cordoba, La Rioja, Catamarca and Santiago del Estero. A characteristic of many of these mountain ranges is their morphological asymmetry the western slopes are usually steeper than the eastern slopes, thus the former are sometimes called coasts and the latter are called skirts . The narrow valleys are called broken or open the narrow openings between valleys are called doors . Due to erosion and other geoforming forces volcanoes, glaciers, rivers, tectonic etc. , the surface of this area varies widely. It includes cliffs and narrow channels of some rivers which are named drawers if they are of moderate ... or Sierra del Alto , Sierra de Fiambal , Sierra de Hualf n La Rioja Sierra de Famatina, Sierra ... more details
This is an incomplete list of the highest and most important mountains in the Territory of the Argentina Argentine Republic Mountains by system and height Aconcagua Mendoza 6,962 m Nevado El Plomo 6,070 m Cerro Ameghino approx. 5,940 m Ojos del Salado Catamarca 6,893 m Tres Cruces Sur 6,748 m Cazadero volcano Cazadero 6,658 m Cerro El Muerto El Muerto 6,488 m Cerro Nacimiento 6,436 m Cerro Veladero 6,436 m Cerro El C ndor also Volc n Sarmiento 6,414 m Cerro Vallecitos 6,168 m Tres Quebradas also Los Patos 6,239 m Sierra Nevada stratovolcano Sierra Nevada 6,127 m is on the border with Chile Cerro Medusa 6,120 m Colorados 6,080 m Cerro El Fraile 6,061 m Volc n del Viento 6,028 m Cerro San Francisco 6,018 m Monte Pissis La Rioja 6,795 m Cerro Bonete La Rioja 6,759 m Llullaillaco Salta 6,723 m Socompa 6,051 m Mercedario San Juan 6,720 m Cerro Ramada 6,384 m Cerro La Mesa 6,230 m Incahuasi Catamarca 6,621 m Tupungato Mendoza 6,570 m Cerro Alto Argentina Cerro Alto 6,148 m Cerro Negro Argentina Cerro Negro also Pabell n 6,070 m Cerro Polleras 5,993m Antofalla Salta 6,440 m Cachi Nevado de Cachi 6,380 m Cerro Quemado 6,184 m Mount Reclus 6,335 m Majadita 6,266 m Cerro Olivares 6,216 m Cerro Solo 6,205 m Cerro El Toro San Juan 6,168 m Cerro Tortolas 6,160 m Queva 6,140 m Colang il 6,122 m Marmolejo 6,108 m Nevado de Famatina also Cerro Belgrano 6,097 m Aracar 6,095m Cerro Baboso also Veladero N.E. approx. 6,070 m Cerro Salin Sal n 6,029 m Cerro Laguna Blanca 6,012 m Cerro Plata Mendoza 5,955 m Cerro Cha i Jujuy approx. 5,930 m Gal n Catamarca 5,920 m Notes The Lincancabur mountain, located between Chile and Bolivia , has been rightly referred to be in Argentina under the name Lincancaur with a height of 6,620 m this mountain does exist. Citation needed date March 2010 South America topic state uncollapsed List of mountains in Category Mountains of Argentina Category Lists of mountains by country Argentina Category Argentina geography related lists Mountains bg ... more details
other uses Capay n, Catamarca Unreferenced date January 2009 The Capayanes were an indigenous people nowadays extinct that lived in Argentine territory. Description Their geographical area was partly of the provinces of La Rioja Province Argentina La Rioja , Catamarca Province Catamarca , San Juan Province, Argentina San Juan , from the mountainous zone understood to be between the limit of La Rioja with Catamarca on Colorado river and the surroundings of J chal river Zanj n, in San Juan, including Andes, in the western part, up to the cords of the Velasco, where they were mixed with the Diaguita s. They occupied the fertile valleys of Famatina , Sanagasta , Yacampis , Guandacol and J chal . They had as neighbors, in the northern part the diaguitas and in the southern part the huarpe s. Language They shared with the diaguita s or pazioca s the language Kak n , or a derivation of it. Vestiges of their language are in completions as bis, wee or small stone, for example Yacampis, Quilmebis, Guanchina, etc. Technology They knew the technology of the thread, and spun the wool of guanaco and Lama glama llamas . Also they knew the metallurgy of copper and gold . They constructed channels and irrigation ditches to water their farmlands. Their cultivars were maize , zapallo , potato and qu noa . They widely used ceramics, principally in the production of funeral urns, decorated geometrically with the colors black, red and white, known as Sanagasta style or Angualasto style . Their houses were of mud and adobe and were sometimes built at the foot of a great tree used as a roof. This technology of construction, still lasts in the Riojan zone of Vinchina . Declination About 1480 , the Incas invaded the region of the diaguita s and capayanes, incorporating their territories into the Inca Empire Tawantinsuyu . From 1607, the Spanish conquest resulted in their dispersion and later extinction at the end of the 18th century. The capayanes took part in the native uprising of 1632 tog ... more details
File Eric Boman.jpg thumb 210px Eric Boman Eric Boman June 5, 1867 November 29, 1924 was a Swedish Argentine archaeologist . Life and work Boman was born in Falun , Sweden , in 1867. He relocated to Argentina in 1889, and completed his secondary school ing in Buenos Aires and Catamarca . He remained in the mountainous Province of Catamarca, and was appointed a Justice of the Peace . ref name am American Antropologist . January March 1926 . ref Boman began his archaeological experience in a 1901 Swedish expedition into Purmamarca and the Quebrada de Humahuaca Jujuy Province directed by Baron Erland Nordenskiold , a nobleman whose family included a number of noted travelers Nordenskiold later authored an account of that expedition, Travels on the Boundaries of Bolivia and Argentina . Boman joined a further expedition, with Marquis Georges de Crequi Montfort , into the Cerro Cha i area Jujuy , in 1903, and discovered Tastil , an Atacame o settlement that was one of the region s most significant until their siege by troops of the Inca Empire . He compiled his findings in Antiquit s de la r gion andine de la Republique Argentine et du d sert d Atacama Antiquities in the Andean Region of Argentina and in the Atacama Desert , which, when published in 1908, was recognized as one of the first comprehensive archaeological studies of the Argentine Northwest comparable only to Juan Bautista Ambrosetti s work . ref name scarecrow Historical Dictionary of Argentina . London Scarecrow Press, 1978. ref Boman s work was honored also by the Acad mie Fran aise , and the original is now in the Mus e de l Homme , in Paris . ref name am Boman subsequently focused his studies on the archaeology of La Rioja Province Argentina La Rioja Province , conducting excavations in Pucar de los Sauces, Fuerte del Pantano, other sites in the Sierras Pampeanas Famatina Range , as well as in other provinces, notably Tinti in the Calchaqu Valleys and in Buin, Chile . He created a sizable bibliography f ... more details
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Unreferenced date December 2009 Infobox settlement See Template Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions name Chilecito native name native name lang es ISO 639 2 code e.g. fr for French. If more than one, use lang instead settlement type List of cities in Argentina City image skyline Chilecito calle Joaqu n V. Gonz lez.jpg image alt image caption image shield shield alt nickname motto image map map alt map caption pushpin map Argentina pushpin label position pushpin map alt pushpin map caption Location of Chilecito in Argentina latd 29 latm 10 lats latNS S longd 67 longm 30 longs longEW W coor pinpoint coordinates type region AR type city coordinates display inline,title coordinates footnotes subdivision type List of sovereign states Country subdivision name flag Argentina subdivision type1 Provinces of Argentina Province subdivision name1 La Rioja Province Argentina La Rioja subdivision type2 Departments of Argentina Department subdivision name2 Chilecito established title established date founder government footnotes leader party Justicialist Party leader title Mayor leader name Nicol s L zaro Fonzalida El Nene unit pref Metric or US or UK area footnotes area total km2 area note elevation footnotes elevation m population footnotes population total 49453 population as of population density km2 auto population demonym chilecite a o population note timezone1 Time in Argentina ART utc offset1 3 timezone1 DST utc offset1 DST postal code type Argentine postal code CPA base postal code ISO 3166 2 AR F 5360 area code type area code 03825 website http www.example.com example.com footnotes Chilecito is a city in the Argentina Argentine provinces of Argentina province of La Rioja Province Argentina La Rioja , and head of the departments of Argentina department of Chilecito Department Chilecito . Overview It s located in the valley formed by the Sierras de Velazco to the east, and the Sierras de Famatina to the west. The city was founded in 1715 by Spain Span ... more details
nombre Residente Calle 13 imagen Calle13residente.jpg subt tulo Ren P rez Joglar, Residente , en el Festival Afrocaribe o de 2009. fondo solista nombre real Ren P rez Joglar nacimiento Fecha 23 02 1978 edad origen bandera Puerto Rico Hato Rey Central Hato Rey , San Juan Puerto Rico San Juan , Puerto Rico pareja Soledad Fandi o ocupaci n M sico , compositor alias Residente estilo Hip hop , World Music , Punk , Urban , instrumento Voz m sica Voz tiempo discogr fica Sony Music Entertainment Sony Music , White Lion relacionados Calle 13 banda Calle 13 url http lacalle13.com Sitio oficial imdb 2333606 Image Calle13residente.jpg right thumb Residente of Calle 13 Image Residente, calle13..jpg right thumb Residente of Calle 13 Ren P rez Joglar February 23, 1978 in Hato Rey , San Juan, Puerto Rico San Juan , ref name imdb better known by his stage name Residente , is the lead singer and a composer of the Puerto Rico Puerto Rican group Calle 13 band Calle 13 , a band which includes his brothers Ileana Mercedes Cabra Joglar PG 13 and Eduardo Cabra Visitante . He began his career singing reggaeton , but currently his lyrics are more geared to social and political commentary ref cite web author LT25 Radio San Nicol s title Manu Chao y Ren P rez manifestaron su apoyo a Famatina url http www.lt24online.com.ar 2012news 01 20h.html date 20 January 2012 accessdate 12 March 2012 ref which combines hip hop and urban music urban with various Latin American music al styles. Family Residente is the son of a lawyer and of Puerto Rican actress, Flor Joglar de Gracia . ref name divinity He is currently dating Argentine actress Soledad Fandi o . ref cite web author title Ren P rez recibe homenaje acompa ado por su novia Soledad Fandi o url http www.primerahora.com reneperezrecibehomenajeacompanadoporsunoviasoledadfandino 595306.html accessdate ref Musical career Joglar chose his stage name Residente because that is how he had to identify himself to the guard every time he returned to his ... more details
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