Catamarca

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

noun

1. a city in N Argentina.

Example Sentences

In Argentina, anti-mining demonstrations are common in towns in Catamarca and neighboring Jujuy and Salta provinces, generating national headlines about the threats to local water supplies.

From Time

If we were really taking seriously the idea of not intervening in environmental systems that we don’t understand, there wouldn’t be 20 companies exploring in Catamarca.

From Time

Cholla, a suburb of Catamarca, is inhabited wholly by Calchaqui Indians, a remnant of the original inhabitants of this region.

From Project Gutenberg

Tanning leather is another industry of the province, some of the trees growing in the Catamarca forests being rich in tannin.

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In Aconquija also we find mines of copper which must be a continuation of those of Catamarca.

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White found this bird “not uncommon around Andalgala in Catamarca, in hedges and thickets.”

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White obtained examples of this species at Catamarca, and also notices its strangely contrasted habits.

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