Catamarca Province

Catamarca is a Province of Argentina.  It is in the northwest of the country. The province has 334,568 people as per the 2001 census. To the west, it borders Chile.

The capital is San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca, usually shortened to Catamarca. Other important cities are Andalgalá, Tinogasta, and Belén.

The land is mostly mountains.

Notable people
Calu Rivero, first actress from Catamarca to appear in national television
Emilio Caraffa - Post-impressionist painter
Daniel Díaz - Footballer
Mamerto Esquiú - Friar
Vicente Saadi - Justicialist Party politician

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