Caucete is a city in the
province
A province is an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman , which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire, Roman Empire's territorial possessions ou ...
of
San Juan San Juan, Spanish for Saint John (disambiguation), Saint John, most commonly refers to:
* San Juan, Puerto Rico
* San Juan, Argentina
* San Juan, Metro Manila, a highly urbanized city in the Philippines
San Juan may also refer to:
Places Arge ...
, Argentina, located 25 km southeast of
the provincial capital, on the junction of National Routes
20 and
141 141 may refer to:
* 141 (number), an integer
* AD 141, a year of the Julian calendar
* 141 BC, a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar
* 141 Lumen, a main-belt asteroid
* Lockheed C-141 Starlifter
The Lockheed C-141 Starlifter is a retired mil ...
. It has 33,609 inhabitants as per the , and is the head town of the
Caucete Department
Caucete is a department in the eastern part of the San Juan Province of Argentina, which is predominantly a landscape of mountains, and many plantations. It contains the popular Shrine of the Difunta Correa.
Etymology
The name is derived from ...
.
See also
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1977 San Juan earthquake
The 1977 San Juan earthquake, also known as Caucete earthquake, took place in the province of San Juan, Argentina, on 23 November at 06:26:26 AM. It measured 7.5 on the moment magnitude scale, and had a maximum perceived intensity of X (''Extreme ...
References
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Populated places in San Juan Province, Argentina
Cities in Argentina
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