Catamarca

[ kat-uh-mahr-kuh; Spanish kah-tah-mahr-kah ]

/ ˌkæt əˈmɑr kə; Spanish ˌkɑ tɑˈmɑr kɑ /

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a city in N Argentina.

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On the farm, the feed for chicks is significantly different from the roosters’; ______ not even comparable.

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
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
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
White found this bird “not uncommon around Andalgala in Catamarca, in hedges and thickets.”
Argentine Ornithology, Volume I (of 2)|P. L. Sclater

White obtained examples of this species at Catamarca, and also notices its strangely contrasted habits.
Argentine Ornithology, Volume I (of 2)|P. L. Sclater