Catamarca Province

E8493

province of Argentina

Catamarca Province is a sparsely populated, mountainous province in northwestern Argentina known for its high Andean peaks, arid landscapes, and rich mining and colonial history.

Aliases (4)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	province of Argentina →
administrativeDivisionType	province →
borderedBy	Chile → Córdoba Province → La Rioja Province → Salta Province → Santiago del Estero Province → Tucumán Province →
capital	San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca →
climate	arid → semi-arid →
contains	Andalgalá → Antofagasta de la Sierra → Belén → Fiambalá → Ojos del Salado → Santa María → Tinogasta →
country	Argentina →
hasEconomicActivity	agriculture in irrigated valleys → lithium mining → mining of metals → tourism →
hasFeature	Puna plateau areas → high Andean peaks →
hasHeritage	Spanish colonial architecture → pre-Columbian archaeological sites →
hasLandscape	arid landscapes →
hasMountainRange	Andes →
hasNaturalResource	copper → gold → lithium → other minerals →
knownFor	Andean high-mountain volcanoes → colonial history → mining industry → religious tourism →
languageUsed	Spanish →
largestCity	San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca →
locatedInContinent	South America →
locatedInRegion	Northwestern Argentina →
officialName	Provincia de Catamarca →
partOf	Argentine Northwest →
populationCharacteristic	sparsely populated →
religiousSite	Santuario de la Virgen del Valle →
sovereignState	Argentina →
terrain	mountainous →
timeZone	UTC−03:00 →

Referenced by (24)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Andalgalá → Antofagasta de la Sierra → Belén → Fiambalá → Paso de San Francisco → Salar de Antofalla → San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca → Santa María → Tinogasta →	locatedIn
Córdoba Province → Salta Province →	borders
Nevado San Francisco → Ojos del Salado →	locatedInProvince
La Rioja Province →	borderedBy
Santiago del Estero Province →	bordersProvince
San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca →	capitalOf
Paso de San Francisco ("Catamarca Province, Argentina") →	connects
Tinogasta ("province of Catamarca") →	countrySubdivision
Northwestern Argentina ("Catamarca") →	hasMajorCity
Northern Argentina →	hasPart
United Provinces of the Río de la Plata ("Catamarca") →	includedTerritory
Northwestern Argentina →	includesProvince
Catamarca Province ("Provincia de Catamarca") →	officialName
Ruta Nacional 60 (Argentina) →	traverses