Catamarca
a city in N Argentina.
Historical Examples
This people had lived from time immemorial in the valleys of Rioja and Catamarca, and had been under the suzerainty of the Incas.
Argentina W. A. Hirst
Catamarca is connected by railways with Rioja and Patquia and with Cordoba.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 Various
Tanning leather is another industry of the province, some of the trees growing in the Catamarca forests being rich in tannin.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 Various
Cholla, a suburb of Catamarca, is inhabited wholly by Calchaqui Indians, a remnant of the original inhabitants of this region.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 Various
White obtained examples of this species at Concepcion and Catamarca.
Argentine Ornithology, Volume I (of 2) P. L. Sclater
White found this bird “not uncommon around Andalgala in Catamarca, in hedges and thickets.”
Argentine Ornithology, Volume I (of 2) P. L. Sclater
A town in the Province of Catamarca, near its eastern boundary.
Argentine Ornithology, Volume II (of 2) P. L. Sclater
White obtained specimens in Catamarca and Salta, and Durnford, during his last expedition, in the latter locality.
Argentine Ornithology, Volume II (of 2) P. L. Sclater
In Aconquija also we find mines of copper which must be a continuation of those of Catamarca.
The Argentine in the Twentieth Century Albert B. Martinez
This river rises in the province of Catamarca, forty leagues off, running from south to north with little variation.
Buenos Ayres and the Provinces of the Rio de La Plata Woodbine Parish
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