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The Argentine Northwest (Noroeste Argentino) is a geographic and historical region of Argentina composed of the provinces of Catamarca, Jujuy, La Rioja, Salta, Santiago del Estero and Tucumán. Geography
In Greater Buenos Aires, before the completion of the Accesso Norte, Route 9 ran through the present streets Boulogne Sur Mer, Presidente Sarmiento and Constituyentes Ave. in Tigre Partido. This 15 km (9 mi) section from Don Torcuato and the border between Benavídez and Garín left national jurisdiction by the aforementioned decree. Nowadays ...
An unofficial neighborhood, Barrio Norte is roughly equivalent to the Recoleta district, though it generally refers to the portion south of Las Heras Avenue. Barrio Norte also includes northern parts of the Balvanera district, eastern parts of Palermo and the portion of Retiro west of the Nueve de Julio Avenue. Its population exceeds 200,000.
Buenos Aires, the autonomous city and capital of Argentina, is composed of 48 neighbourhoods (locally known as barrios).Since 2008, the city is also legally divided into communes (comunas), each one including one or more barrios.
Palermo Norte is located along Libertador Avenue to the northwest of Palermo Chico, and the site of landmarks such as the Argentine Automobile Club and the National Museum of Decorative Arts. Villa Freud, based around Plaza Güemes, is a residential area known for its high concentration of psychoanalysts and psychiatrists, hence its name.
Chaco derives from chaku, the Quechua word used to name a hunting territory or the hunting technique used by the people of the Inca Empire.. Annually, large groups of up to thirty thousand hunters would enter the territory, forming columns and circling their prey. [6]
The northern end of the lake, Punta Norte de Laguna del Desierto, is the location of the Argentinian border crossing on the route between El Chaltén in Argentina and Villa O'Higgins in Chile, via the Chilean border crossing at Candelario Mancilla. This route can be completed through a combination of hiking and ferry transfers.
Cuyo is the wine-producing, mountainous region of central-west Argentina.Historically it comprised the provinces of San Juan, San Luis and Mendoza.The modern New Cuyo includes both Cuyo proper and the province of La Rioja.