La Rioja (Argentina)

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La Rioja
Casa de Gobierno (La Rioja) 009.jpg
Basic data
Full name: Ciudad de Todos los Santos de la Nueva Rioja
Surface: 13,638 km 2
location 29 ° 25 ′  S , 66 ° 51 ′  W Coordinates: 29 ° 25 ′  S , 66 ° 51 ′  W
Height above d. M .: 543  m
Population (2001): 146.411
Density: 11 inhabitants / km²
  (Argentina)
 
 
administration
Province : La RiojaLa Rioja La Rioja
Department : Capital
Mayor: Ricardo Clemente Quintela, PJ
Others
Postal code : F5300
Telephone code: 03822
Website of La Rioja
La Rioja Cathedral

La Rioja is a city in northwest Argentina and the capital of the La Rioja Province . It lies at the foot of the Sierras Pampeanas belonging Sierra de Mazán (or Sierra Velasco?) And has 143,684 inhabitants (2001, source: INDEC )

geography

The city lies at 543 meters above sea level at the north-west end of a wide steppe-like plain that covers the entire south-east of the province with the exception of a few smaller mountain ranges. To the west of the city are the Sierra de Velasco and Sierra de Mazán mountains .

climate

The climate is dry and subtropical with very hot summers.

Average monthly temperatures and rainfall for La Rioja
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 35.0 33.3 30.4 27.2 23.4 19.4 19.7 23.0 26.1 30.6 33.3 35.0 O 28
Min. Temperature (° C) 20.7 19.7 17.9 14.1 9.6 4.9 4.4 6.5 10.3 15.2 18.2 20.3 O 13.5
Precipitation ( mm ) 80.1 71.6 54.1 18.4 7.4 2.6 3.1 5.2 6.5 12.7 43.3 56.6 Σ 361.6
Hours of sunshine ( h / d ) 7.9 8.0 6.6 6.6 6.5 6.0 6.6 7.7 7.6 8.5 8.4 7.6 O 7.3
Rainy days ( d ) 8th 8th 6th 3 1 1 1 1 1 3 4th 6th Σ 43
Humidity ( % ) 60 65 69 69 69 68 64 53 49 48 51 55 O 60
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35.0
20.7
33.3
19.7
30.4
17.9
27.2
14.1
23.4
9.6
19.4
4.9
19.7
4.4
23.0
6.5
26.1
10.3
30.6
15.2
33.3
18.2
35.0
20.3
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
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g 		80.1
71.6
54.1
18.4
7.4
2.6
3.1
5.2
6.5
12.7
43.3
56.6
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Source: wetterkontor.de

history

The city was founded in 1591 by Ramírez de Velasco , the then governor of the colonial province of Tucumán. Until the end of the 19th century, La Rioja remained the only place of any importance in the province.

At the end of the 19th century, the place had 8,000 inhabitants. In 1894, however, an earthquake almost completely destroyed the city, so that only very few buildings from the colonial era remain.

In 1934 the Roman Catholic diocese of La Rioja was established.

From the 1970s onwards, thanks to a successful development policy, the population grew rapidly, and the number of inhabitants tripled between 1975 and 2001.

economy

Up until the 1970s, La Rioja was an agricultural city that was particularly important as a center of viticulture in the area. The declaration of a special economic zone at the beginning of the 1970s brought a strong industrialization boost for the city, which today is one of the centers of the Argentine pharmaceutical industry (e.g. Bagó ).

Town twinning

sons and daughters of the town

Web links

Commons : La Rioja (Argentina)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files