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National Route 9 (in Spanish, Ruta Nacional 9) is a major road in Argentina, which runs from the center-east to the northwest of the country, crossing the provinces of Buenos Aires, Santa Fe, Córdoba, Santiago del Estero, Tucumán, Salta and Jujuy.
Tourism adds at least 10% to Rio Negro's economy. Argentina's ninth-largest, Rio Negro's economy is a diversified service-based one with vigorous agricultural and light manufacturing sectors. Its 2006 output was an estimated US$5.420 billion, or a per capita income of US$9,805. [17]
The Quebrada de Humahuaca, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Argentine Northwest is a popular destination for both domestic and international travelers, attracting neighboring Argentinos and vacationing Europeans alike.
In the 17th century, the San Fernando del Río Negro Jesuit mission was founded in the area of the modern-day city of Resistencia, but it was abandoned fifteen years later. The Gran Chaco region remained largely unexplored, and uninhabited, by either Europeans or Argentines until the late 19th century, after numerous confrontations between ...
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.
Español: Mapa político de Argentina, con las provincias en diferentes colores. Se agregó un recuadro con el detalle de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires y el Gran Buenos Aires. Optimizado para uso web, con los ID de las provincias correspondientes a el código ISO 3166-2:AR.
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.
The Central Northern Railway (Spanish: Ferrocarril Central Norte, FCCN) was the first 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in) (metre gauge) railway built by the Argentine State Railway. Its aim was to extend the existing British-owned Central Argentine 5 ft 6 in ( 1,676 mm ) broad gauge ) railway from Córdoba to Tucuman and metre gauge was chosen for ...