Santa María is a city in the
province
A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman '' provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions ou ...
of
Catamarca, Argentina. It has about 17,030 inhabitants per the , and is the head town of the department of the same name.
Climate
References
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Populated places in Catamarca Province
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