Famatina
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Famatina is a town in the province of La Rioja, Argentina. It has 6,371 inhabitants as per the , and is the only municipality in the Famatina Department. Located in a fertile valley between Sierra de Famatina and Sierra de Velasco, Famatina's economy revolves around jojoba and olive agriculture and tourism.
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- Locality
- Famatina
- Region
- La Rioja
- Country
- Argentina
- Population
- 0
- Timezone
- America/Argentina/La_Rioja
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- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Argentina
- Located in
- La Rioja Province
- Elevation
- 1672
- Time zone
- UTC−03:00
- Capital of
- Famatina Department
- Dialing code
- 03825
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Famatina is a town in the province of La Rioja, Argentina. It has 6,371 inhabitants as per the , and is the only municipality in the Famatina Department. Located in a fertile valley between Sierra de Famatina and Sierra de Velasco, Famatina's economy revolves around jojoba and olive agriculture and tourism.
The town developed from a pre-Hispanic settlement in the Inca Empire, and whose indigenous inhabitants have been recognised as Diaguitas. The site of Famatina was first explored by Spaniards in 1592 when Juan Ramírez de Velazco arrived during his search for gold.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Famatina” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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