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Agriculture in Argentina. A soybean field in Argentina's fertile pampas region. The versatile legume makes up about half the nation's crop production and a fourth of its exports. Agriculture is one of the bases of Argentina 's economy . Argentine agriculture is relatively capital intensive, providing about 7% of all employment as of 2013, [1 ...
Córdoba ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkoɾðoβa]) is a province of Argentina, located in the center of the country. Its neighboring provinces are (clockwise from the north) Santiago del Estero, Santa Fe, Buenos Aires, La Pampa, San Luis, La Rioja, and Catamarca. Together with Santa Fe and Entre Ríos, the province is part of the economic and ...
Córdoba ( Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkoɾðoβa]) is a city in central Argentina, in the foothills of the Sierras Chicas on the Suquía River, about 700 km (435 mi) northwest of Buenos Aires. It is the capital of Córdoba Province and the second-most populous city in Argentina after Buenos Aires, with about 1.6 million urban inhabitants ...
Argentine Espinal. / -36.573; -64.966. The Espinal (NT0801) is an ecoregion of dry, thorny forest, savanna and steppe in Argentina. It has been extensively modified by large scale cattle ranching, but remnants of the original flora remain. It is threatened by the advance of the irrigation-based agricultural frontier.
Agriculture was a major portion of the Argentine economy until about 1930. From the late 19th century to the 1930s agriculture was based in the fertile Papas region. Argentina's agricultural success grew the economy and eventually surpassed other successful countries, including Australia, the USA, Canada, and Brazil. [7]
Central Argentina boasts a successful agricultural business, with crops grown on the Pampas south and west of Buenos Aires. Much of the area is also used for cattle, and more recently, to cultivate vineyards in the Buenos Aires wine region. The area is also used for farming honey using European honeybees.
UTC−3 ( ART) CPA base. X 5800. Dialing code. +54 358. Website. Official website. Río Cuarto is a city in the province of Córdoba, Argentina. Located in the south of the province, it has about 157,000 inhabitants (2010 census [ INDEC]) and is an important commercial and agricultural hub.
The National University of Córdoba (Spanish: Universidad Nacional de Córdoba), is a public university located in the city of Córdoba, Argentina.Founded in 1613, the university is the oldest in Argentina, the third oldest university of the Americas, with the first university being the National University of San Marcos (Peru, 1551) and the second one, Saint Thomas Aquinas University (Colombia ...