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	La Rioja Province (Argentina) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		La Rioja is a one of the provinces of Argentina and is, located in the west of the country.
		La Rioja's agriculture (as well as cities) lays on the shore of the few permanents rivers and oasis that allow irrigation, with only 190 square kilometres of cultivated land.
		The province is divided in 18 departments (spanish departamentos).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/La_Rioja_Province_(Argentina) (505 words)

	La Rioja (autonomous community) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is bordered by the Basque Country (province of Álava), Navarre, Aragon (province of Zaragoza), and Castile and León (provinces of Soria and Burgos).
		La Rioja was taken by Napoleonic forces in the Peninsular War and remained solidly in French hands until 1814.
		The Constitutional Cortés declared La Rioja an independent province at the time of the Liberal Constitution of 1812, and in January 1822 the province of Logroño was created by royal decree, taking in the whole of the historical geography of La Rioja.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/La_Rioja (382 words)

	Argentina - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Argentina's political framework is a federal presidential representative democratic republic, in which the President of Argentina is both head of state and head of government, complemented by a pluriform multi-party system.
		The rest of the judges are appointed by the Consejo de la Magistratura de la Nación, a secretariat composed of representatives of judges, lawyers, the Congress, and the executive.
		Argentina claims the sovereignty of the Falkland/Malvinas Islands, the South Shetland Islands, the South Sandwich Islands and almost 1 million km² in Antarctica, between the 25°W and the 74°W meridians and the 60°S parallel.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Argentina (4365 words)

	Articles - Argentina (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Argentine Republic (Spanish: ´´RepÃºblica Argentina´´, IPA) is a country in South America, situated between the Andes peaks in the west and the southern Atlantic Ocean in the east and south.
		Argentina´s parliament is the bicameral National Congress or ´´Congreso de la NaciÃ³n´´, consisting of a Senate (´´Senado´´) of 72 seats and a Chamber of Deputies (´´CÃ¡mara de Diputados´´) of 257 members.
		Argentina is currently prompting the Mercosur as its first external priority, contrasting with the 1990s´ emphasis in the relationship with the United States.
	www.babyblanketcenter.com /articles/Argentina (3193 words)

	La Rioja Province (Argentina)
		Although the flag of the Province of La Rioja is a modern designed one, it is obviously inspired by the design of the Artigas Flag and the federalist flags used around 1815-1820 in the Río de la Plata area.
		It is believed that around 1815 the Artigas Flag was raised in La Rioja to show the support of the province to Artigas federalist ideas and protectorate.
		The Reynafé brothers that ruled the Province of Córdoba are accused of the crime and executed later.
	www.fotw.net /FLAGS/ar-f.html (1848 words)

	La Rioja, Argentina: La Rioja City (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The climate of La Rioja City is dry and hot with temperatures ranging from 21ºC to 35ºC in Summer and from 5ºC to 20ºC in Winter.
		La Rioja city is a joint of antiquity and modernity - narrow streets, low houses, museums, historical monuments, churches and convents contrast with a dinamic commercial centre providing the tourist with an excellent cultural alternative.
		La Rioja also presents interesting chances of adventure and contemplative tourism, agrotourism in the vineyards and wine cellars that allow the tourist to taste the various fragances and flavours of Rioja wines.
	www.welcomeargentina.com /larioja/index_i.html (325 words)

	ipedia.com: La Rioja Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		It is bordered by the Basque Country (province of Álava;), Navarre, Aragon (province of Zaragoza), and Castile-Leon (provinces of Soria and Burgos).
		The territory of La Rioja (formerly known as the province of Logroño) was disputed between the kings of Navarre and the kings of Castile starting in the 10th century; the region was annexed to Castile in 1173.
		La Rioja is also a city in Argentina; see La Rioja, Argentina.
	www.ipedia.com /la_rioja.html (251 words)

	Carlos Menem
		He was born into a Syrian family in Anillaco, in La Rioja, a province of Argentina.
		He was elected governor of La Rioja in 1973, a prominent post that left him exposed after the overthrown of Isabel Martínez de Perón in March 1976.
		Menem garnered the greatest number of votes in Argentina's April 27, 2003 presidential first election, but failed to get the needed votes to win an overall majority.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ca/Carlos_Menem.html (334 words)

	Jujuy - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Jujuy is a province of Argentina, located in the extreme northwest of the country, at the borders with Chile and Bolivia.
		The province had a population of 611,888 in 2001, and covers an area of 53,219 km²;.
		The province is divided into 16 departmets (in the Spanish language, departamentos).
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Jujuy (176 words)

	NTI: Country Overviews: Argentina: Missile Facilities
		Argentina's most ambitious ballistic missile program was the Air Force's Cóndor II effort, which began around 1982 but was dismantled in the early 1990s.
		Argentina similarly does not possess its own satellite launch vehicles and its latest observation satellite (the first constructed entirely by Argentine engineers), the SAC-C, was launched by NASA from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California in December 2000.
		Argentina's main space agency, the National Commission on Space Activities (Comisión Nacional de Actividades Espaciales, CONAE) is responsible for all activities related to space research and development.
	www.nti.org /e_research/profiles/Argentina/Missile/1849_1853.html (719 words)

	Foreign Correspondent - 4/4/2002: Argentinas Choices
		Carlos the taxi driver from La Rioja is driving us to the house of his namesake, the former President of Argentina.
		In 1989, Argentines elected the flashy Governor of La Rioja province.
		The former - and would-be - President seized on the analogy in La Rioja’s weather that afternoon.
	www.abc.net.au /foreign/stories/s520757.htm (1264 words)

	La Rioja Province, Travel and Hotel Information - Argentina Contact
		In La Rioja the biggest density and variety of hills, canyons, narrow passes and plains of red earth concentrate.
		Laguna Brava, located 448 kilometers from La Rioja is a Provincial reservation of Vicuñas and Protection of the Ecosystem Laguna Brava.
		Los Sauces Dike, located 15 kilometers from the city La Rioja is this magnificent mirror of water that calls out to the practice of nautical sports as well as enjoying a good fishing.
	www.argentinacontact.com /en/conozca/laRioja.php (549 words)

	Juan Facundo Quiroga Biography / Biography of Juan Facundo Quiroga Biography
		From his power base in La Rioja, Quiroga extended his sway to surrounding provinces and was soon caught up in national politics.
		Argentina had declared its independence from Spain in 1816, but the nation's leaders could not agree on a permanent from of government.
		He gave northern Argentina a measure of stability in chaotic times, but he left no heritage of stable or progressive institutions, no base on which to build a greater Argentina.
	www.bookrags.com /biography-juan-facundo-quiroga (600 words)

	Alexander's Gas & Oil Connections - Argentinean provinces seek approval for power transmission line
		The Nuevo Cuyo region includes the provinces of La Rioja, Mendoza, San Luis and San Juan, in western Argentina.
		The provinces agree that the line is necessary for mining projectsand industrial production, Asis said, adding that Eucop needs the national government's approval to start a bidding process to build the 500kV line.
		La Rioja needs the line to help local businesses produce at their capacity, Asis said.
	www.gasandoil.com /goc/news/ntl32635.htm (273 words)

	Argentina Things To Do - Travel Guides - VirtualTourist.com
		In most of the territory of the plain of the province the climate is moderated continental, semidry in most, the rainfalls are major in summer, being minors in autumn and winter.
		Directions: The province of this Mendoza located in South America, in the West of the Republic Argentina, between(among) the 31,59 ° and 31,33 ° of Latitude South, and the 63,30 ° and the 70,35 ° of Length West.
		La Boca's pressed tin houses are painted a rainbow of colors, and muralists have turned the district's side-streets into avenues of color.
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/South_America/Argentina/Things_To_Do-Argentina-BR-6.html (1210 words)

	CTV.ca - Carlos Menem quits Argentine presidential race- CTV News, Shows and Sports -- Canadian Television
		In live televised comments from his native western province La Rioja, he said he was ending his campaign for a May 18 runoff.
		Strolling outdoors in La Rioja province while being mobbed by supporters, Menem sounded angry about the end of his ambitious third attempt to capture the presidency.
		In La Rioja, hundreds of Menem supporters, many carrying placards reading: Menem 2003, took to the streets earlier Wednesday urging him not to quit.
	www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/print/CTVNews/1052952483280_138?hub=World&subhub=PrintStory (519 words)

	Boletín INTA Informa Internacional Nº 03
		Funds donated to Argentina are being used for financing the technological change in thousands of farms and for training farmers, rural workers and consultants.
		Argentina, with a production of more than 14 million tons, is the third exporter of the world, and has competed in the wheat market with low prices, without considering quality and wasting part of the important achievements in genetic improvement.
		This Province, located in Argentina`s Northwestern dry land, has a stock of 300.000 cattle heads, 90% of which are raised in the "Llanos de la Rioja", a semi-arid subtropical plains region.
	www.inta.gov.ar /info/intainfo/eng/03.htm (1143 words)

	HotelStore.net - Hotel Reservations / Reservas de Hotel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Riojanos, as this province's natives are called, have inherited an impressive mythology, whose myths and legends interlace with their religious beliefs.
		The province's major attraction is the Parque Nacional Talampaya (Talampaya National Park), located between two mountain ranges, Sierras de Sanogasta and Cerros Colorados, and close to Ischigualasto Park in San Juan Province.
		Humita a la olla (fresh corn casserole), humita en chala (fresh corn wrapped in its husks), api de zapallo, locro riojano (traditional maize stew), chivito a la parrilla con ensalada de tomaticán (grilled goat with tomato salad), carbonada riojana (traditional stew).
	www.goargentina.net /argentina/larioja.shtml (346 words)

	Rome Resources Ltd.: What's New!
		Conglomerate on the Olta concession in La Rioja province, Argentina.
		La Suiza concession (6,000 hectares) in San Luis province is about 80 kilometers northeast of San Luis, the capital of the province of San Luis in central Argentina.
		La Huacana, the principal nearby town, is about 300 km west-southwest of México City and 110 km south-southwest of Morelia, the capital of Michoacan.
	www.romermr.com /WhatsNew.html (7832 words)

	Wealth Minerals Ltd. - Catamarca/La Rioja/San Juan - Thu Jul 6, 2006
		The Fiambala Property is located in the central part of the province of Catamarca about 10 Km south east of the town of Fiambala.
		The Las Termas mineralized zone measures roughly 2400 M long (NE - SW) by about 400 M wide and consists of quartz veins, stockworks and disseminations carrying pitchblende, pyrite and fluorite in a host rock sequence consisting of Precambrian metasedimentary rocks intruded by a granite stock.
		Located in the southern part of La Rioja province overlapping the border with San Juan, the Chiflon property covers a total of 3000 Ha.
	www.wealthminerals.com /s/Catamarca.asp (311 words)

	Rioja - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		La Rioja, autonomous region in northern Spain, coextensive with La Rioja Province, with its capital at Logroño.
		La Rioja is known for its acres of...
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	ca.encarta.msn.com /Rioja.html (55 words)

	NotiSur - Latin American Political Affairs; June 4, 1999
		La Rioja granted the pensions without setting a minimum age for retirement, unlike the national social security system.
		In 1996, La Rioja and the federal government signed an agreement by which the federal government assumed the obligation to pay the special pensions granted by the province.
		Besides the beneficiaries in La Rioja, a number of economists, former legislators, ministers, and public employees--who served under civilian governments as well as under the military dictatorships--receive pensions of as much as US$18,000 a month.
	ssdc.ucsd.edu /news/notisur/h99/notisur.19990604.html (2575 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Americas \| Profile: Carlos Menem
		Carlos Menem was born in Argentina's La Rioja province in 1930 of Syrian parents.
		He was elected governor of La Rioja in 1973, a position which gave him national prominence during the last years of Mr Peron's presidency.
		The country returned to democracy in 1983 and Mr Menem was re-elected to his old job as governor of La Rioja.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/low/americas/1376100.stm (744 words)

	Protected Areas Programme - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Ischigualasto Provincial Park is a protected area crossing the border between the two provinces and lying between 29°55’S-68°06’W; Talampaya National Park lies entirely in the Province of La Rioja and its coordinates are 30°02’S-67°48’W. Ischigualasto Provincial Park was designated as such by Provincial Law No. 3,666 of November 3, 1971 (San Juan Province) (Sill, 1999).
		Some secondary benefits are derived to the nearby towns of San Agustin, in the Province of San Juan, and Patquia and Villa Union, in La Rioja Province (SENATUR, 1999; Sill, 1999).
		Scientists from the University of San Juan (Museum of Natural Sciences) and the University of La Rioja serve as advisors and participate in research and activities of environmental monitoring.
	www.unep-wcmc.org /protected_areas/data/wh/ischi_talam.html (3478 words)

	Ordovician magmatism of the Sierra de Velasco
		The Sierra de Velasco is located in the central region of La Rioja province, Argentina.
		Le Corre, C.A. and Rosello, E.A. Kinematics of Early Paleozoic ductile deformation in the basement of NW Argentina.
		La faja milonítica Tipa: faldeo oriental del Sistema de Famatina, Argentina.
	www.unt.edu.ar /fcsnat/INSUGEO/geologia_17/36.htm (1538 words)

	La Rioja - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		La Rioja, autonomous region, northern Spain, coextensive with La Rioja Province.
		The smallest of mainland Spain’s autonomous regions, La Rioja has...
		Perón, Isabel de, née María Estela Martínez (1931- ), president of Argentina (1974-1976), born in La Rioja.
	au.encarta.msn.com /La_Rioja.html (107 words)

	Argentina On View - News and Press
		The "Termas de Río Hondo", placed in Santiago del Estero province, the Caviahue-Copahue ones, in Neuquén province, and some other thermal centers in Entre Ríos province are ideal places to rest in contact with nature...
		Argentina On View was present for the first time, at the International Tourism Fair of Latin America, in its 5th edition.
		Las Leñas, La Hoya, Chapelco, Cerro Bayo, Ushuaia's slopes, Caviahue and the Catedral Hill get ready to be crowled.
	www.argentinaonview.com /english/novedades00.asp (251 words)

	La Rioja Province
		The province of La Rioja, northwestern Argentina, is bounded by the province of Catamarca, on the north; the provinces of Catamarca and Córdoba, on the east; the province of San Luis, on the south; and the province of San Juan and the Republic of Chile, on the west.
		This province, the capital city of which has the same name, is divided into 18 departments, with separate political and administrative powers.
		Tourist attractiveness is chiefly based on the Talampaya National Park and the region of Chilecito.
	www.argentour.com /lariojaing.html (397 words)

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