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Tartagal, Argentina
April 18, 2023
Tartagal, Argentina, population: about 65,000. Tartagal is located at the base of the Andes Mtns and the Yungas Jungle on the west and the wide-open plains of the Chaco to the east. This mix allows for a very wide variety of native plants and animals. There are also eight different groups of indigenous people who live in this region. This area is also home to the Military Macaw, and this is one of the very few places in the world where it is not extinct in the wild.
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Salvador Mazza, Argentina
April 18, 2023
Salvador Mazza, Argentina, population: about 20,000. Salvador Mazza is located at the border of Argentina and Bolivia. The municipality of Salvador Mazza was created in 1951 after Argentina and Bolivia finalized the border between them. The man, Salvador Mazza, was a professor and medical scientist who co-discovered trypanosomiasis. He later died of that same disease.
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Orán, Argentina
April 15, 2023
San Ramón de la Nueva Orán, Argentina, population: about 76,000. Orán is a political center for the department of Salta, it has a federal courthouse, as well as banks, universities, and other important offices. It is a commercial center of northern Salta province. Orán is the center of an important agro-industrial region: sugar cane, used mostly for the production of sugar in the Tabacal sugar mill. Tabacal a town near the city. Other important commodities include citrus, mainly oranges and grapefruit.
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Libertado General San Martín, Argentina
April 13, 2023
Libertador General San Martín, (AKA Ledesma), Argentina, population: about 47,000. Yet another basic agricultural town with nothing of interest to tourists. And, nothing here that says to me, "Chip, you need to make this your next hometown."
There is almost no historical information available for this town, but I did read that a Spaniard was here in 1623 leading an expedition. He founded a fort in 1625, but that only lasted until 1623 due to attacks from the local indigenous people. Skip forward to 1778 and a man named Zegada began processing sugar here. Skip forward again to 1899 and we have the founding of the town of Ledesma. In 1902, the leaders of the town started laying out the grid for roads and subdivisions within 8 blocks around the central square. In 1906, the railroad arrived which helped the town grow very quickly. In 1950, the name was changed to Libertado General San Martín.
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San Pedro de Jujuy, Argentina
April 12, 2023
San Pedro de Jujuy, Argentina, population: about 60,000. Yet another basic agricultural town with nothing of interest to tourists. And, nothing here that says to me, "Chip, you need to make this your next hometown."
San Pedro de Jujuy was founded in May 1883. At the time of its founding the town already had a working sugar mill for some 13 years. It grew slowly and in 1913 was declared a municipality and had two flour mills. The railroad helped the city to grow a bit more. There is not much available in regard to the history of San Pedro.
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