Andalgalá
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Andalgalá is a city in the west-center of the province of Catamarca, Argentina, located in a valley near the Sierra de Aconquija, 260 km from the provincial capital San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca. It has about 14,000 inhabitants as per the . It is the head town of the department of the same name. The Andalgalá River, which flows nearby, supports a hydroelectric power plant.
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Place details
- Locality
- Andalgala
- Region
- Catamarca
- Country
- Argentina
- Population
- 14,068
- Timezone
- America/Argentina/Catamarca
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Key facts
- Settlement.area_code
- +54 3835
- Settlement.name
- Ciudad de Andalgalá
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- es
- Settlement.settlement_type
- City
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Catamarca Andalgala.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- Aerial view
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Argentina
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of Andalgalá in Argentina
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Andalgalá
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 960
- Settlement.population_total
- 14068
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2001 census
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.timezone1
- ART
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality
- Demonym
- andalgalense
- Country
- Argentina
- Located in
- Catamarca Province
- Population
- 16513
- Elevation
- 960
- Capital of
- Andalgalá Department
- Image
- Catamarca Andalgala.JPG
- Dialing code
- 03835
- Patron saint
- Our Lady of Mount Carmel
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- Commons category
- Andalgalá
- inception
- 1658-01-01
- postal code
- K4740
- P12749
- Hamburg City Hall
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Climate
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Andalgalá is a city in the west-center of the province of Catamarca, Argentina, located in a valley near the Sierra de Aconquija, 260 km from the provincial capital San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca. It has about 14,000 inhabitants as per the . It is the head town of the department of the same name. The Andalgalá River, which flows nearby, supports a hydroelectric power plant.
Andalgalá was founded as a fort on 12 July 1658, and only became a city in 1952. Its name is of Quechua origin and means either "Lord of the Hare" or "Lord of the High Mountain".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Andalgalá” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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