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Purmamarca is a town in the Tumbaya Department of the Jujuy Province in Argentina.

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Place details

Locality
Municipio de Tumbaya
Region
Jujuy
Country
Argentina
Population
0

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Key facts

Settlement.official_name
Purmamarca
Settlement.settlement_type
Locality
Settlement.image_skyline
Cerro_de_los_siete_colores.jpg
Settlement.image_map
Departamento Tumbaya (Jujuy - Argentina).png
Settlement.map_caption
Location of the Tumbaya Department
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
bottom
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Jujuy Province
Settlement.subdivision_type2
Department
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Tumbaya Department
Settlement.leader_title
Intendente
Settlement.leader_name
José Humberto López
Settlement.unit_pref
Metric
Settlement.population_as_of
2001
Settlement.population_total
2089
Settlement.timezone
ART
Settlement.utc_offset
−3

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Encyclopedic overview

7 sections
Contents
  • Etymology
  • History
  • Geography
  • Economy
  • Tourism
  • See also
  • References

Purmamarca is a town in the Tumbaya Department of the Jujuy Province in Argentina.

== Etymology == The name of the town can be interpreted as the combination of Aymara language words purma (desert) and marca (city), though desert in that language can refer to uncivilised or not touched by human hand, thus the name is often interpreted as Town of the virgin land.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Purmamarca” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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