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Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Chile and Uruguay .
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| Land Boudaries Border Country :
| Bolivia 832 km, Brazil 1,224 km, Chile 5,150 km, Paraguay 1,880 km, Uruguay 579 km .
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INFORMATIONS MAPS
| Land Boudaries Total :
| 9,665 km .
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| Geographic Coordinates :
| mostly temperate; arid in southeast; subantarctic in southwest .
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| Area Total :
| 2,766,890 sq km .
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| Area Land :
| 2,736,690 sq km .
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| Area Water :
| 30,200 sq km .
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| Area Comparative :
| slightly less than three-tenths the size of the US .
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| Coast Line :
| 4,989 km .
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| Railways Total :
| 34,091 km (167 km electrified) .
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| Highways Total :
| 215,471 km .
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| Waterways :
| 11,000 km (2004) .
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| Ports and Harbors :
| Bahia Blanca, Buenos Aires, Comodoro Rivadavia, Concepcion del Uruguay, La Plata, Mar del Plata, Necochea, Rio Gallegos, Rosario, Santa Fe, Ushuaia .
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La Rioja is the capital city of the Argentine province of La Rioja, located at coordinates 29° 24? 46? S, 66° 51? 17? W, on the east of the province. The city has an area of 13,638 km? and a population of 146,418 (2001 census [INDEC]), and its current governor is Ricardo Clemente Quintela.
Information about the City
La Rioja is located on the foot of the Velasco Sierras, 543 meters above sea level, 1,167 km from Buenos Aires, and 430 km from Córdoba. The Capitán Vicente Almonacid Airport (IATA IRJ) at coordinates 29° 23? 21? S, 66° 48? 09? W is 7 kilometres away from La Rioja, and serves regular flights to Buenos Aires and Catamarca.
The weather is dry and semi-desertic with average temperatures of 5°C to 20°C in winter and 21°C to 35°C in summer, but with maximum temperatures of more that 40°C. The sun is also very strong, and landscape arid.
The economy of the entire province is historically tied to the cattle and agriculture, as well as wine production. But the beginning of the 1970s brought to the city an industrialisation thrust that makes La Rioja today an important centre in Argentina's pharmacological industry (e.g. Bagó laboratories).
Former president Isabel Martínez de Perón was born in La Rioja.
(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.)
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