page_title: Chamical
hierarchical_section_title: Chamical
caption_attribution_description: Imagen fotografica de una calle centrica de Chamical, un casco de poblacion en La Rioja, Argentina. La foto fue obtenida un domingo matutino con el cielo encapotado.
context_page_description: Chamical is a small city in, and the seat of government of, Chamical Department in the south of La Rioja Province, Argentina. With a population of 12,919 permanent residents at the 2010 census [INDEC], up from 11,831 at the time of the 2001 census, it is the third-most populous settlement in La Rioja Province after Chilecito. It is home to the CELPA aerospace test center, founded in 1961 and operated by the Argentine Air Force. The town, which is crossed by the Tirante wadi, lies on the Ruta 38, around 140 km from La Rioja, and some 300 km from Córdoba.
  This young urban habitation has been an important site in several stages of Argentine history during the past fifty years.
  Chamical is regarded as the tango hub in La Rioja Province.
context_section_description: Chamical is a small city in, and the seat of government of, Chamical Department in the south of La Rioja Province, Argentina. With a population of 12,919 permanent residents at the 2010 census [INDEC], up from 11,831 at the time of the 2001 census, it is the third-most populous settlement in La Rioja Province after Chilecito. It is home to the CELPA aerospace test center, founded in 1961 and operated by the Argentine Air Force. The town, which is crossed by the Tirante wadi, lies on the Ruta 38 (Spanish Wikipedia), around 140 km from La Rioja (2 hours by bus), and some 300 km from Córdoba (4 hours by bus).
  This young urban habitation has been an important site in several stages of Argentine history during the past fifty years.
  Chamical is regarded as the tango hub in La Rioja Province.
caption: View southwest along Avenida Perón in downtown Chamical. The brushy Sierra de los Quinteros range can be seen in distant background
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