Cuesta del Portezuelo, Catamarca, Argentina - panoramic view postcard c.1960s

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• Picture / Image:  Catamarca - Cuesta del Portezuela, Argentina - panoramic postcard - extra long card
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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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Se accede por un camino zigzagueante para ganar altura, entre molles, algarrobos, cardones, palos borrachos, lapachos, quebrachos. * Primer Mirador: a 8,5 km de su base, a 700 msnm); hay que consultar sobre fotografía, antes en la ciudad sobre filtros ultravioletas para intentar desemascarar la permanente brumosidad del magnífico valle de Catamarca, con la ""Sierra de Ambato hacia el occidente, el río del Valle que lleva agua desde el ""Dique Las Pirquitas"". Aquí ya se aprecian los ""mil distintos tonos de verdes"" que interpretara Polo Giménez, en la zamba ""Paisaje de Catamarca"". Aquí está el Monumento al Artista.

Se sigue, la carretera va bordeando cada vez más precipicios. Con serenidad en el volante, condiciones óptimas mecánicas del vehículo, y sin pronósticos de lluvia

• Segundo Mirador: a 1.070 msnm
• Cumbre: ya se han recorrido 11 km a 1.680 msnm) y un total desde la capital de 35 km. Al norte se ve el Departamento El Alto; al sur el Departamento Ancasti.

Catamarca (Spanish pronunciation: [kata'marka]) is a province of Argentina, located in the northwest of the country. The province has a population of 334,568 as per the 2001 census [INDEC], and covers an area of 102,602 km². Its literacy rate is 95.5%. Neighbouring provinces are (clockwise, from the north): Salta, Tucumán, Santiago del Estero, Córdoba, and La Rioja. To the west it borders Chile.

The capital is San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca, usually shortened to Catamarca. Other important cities include Andalgalá, Tinogasta, and Belén.

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theme=topographical: rest of the world

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period=1945 - present

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