Caucete 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 outsi ...
of
San Juan San Juan, Spanish for Saint John, may refer to:
Places Argentina
* San Juan Province, Argentina
* San Juan, Argentina, the capital of that province
* San Juan, Salta, a village in Iruya, Salta Province
* San Juan (Buenos Aires Underground), ...
, 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
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Year 141 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Caepio and Pompeius (or, ...
. 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 7.4 on the surface wave magnitude scale, and had a maximum perceived intensity of X (''E ...
References
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Populated places in San Juan Province, Argentina
Chonan languages
Cities in Argentina
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