Ciudad Perico, or simply Perico, is a town and municipality in

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Overview

The town was founded with the 1913 opening of the namesake station on the Central Northern Railway. Known initially as ''Estación Perico'', the town was among those renamed for

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during the populist leader's 1946 — 55 administration. Governor Horacio Guzmán chose Perico as the site of the future El Cadillal International Airport in 1961, and the facility was inaugurated in 1967 (it was renamed in Guzmán's honor in 1992). Long a center for the production and distribution of

tobacco Tobacco is the common name of several plants in the genus '' Nicotiana'' of the family Solanaceae, and the general term for any product prepared from the cured leaves of these plants. More than 70 species of tobacco are known, but the ch ...

, Perico's growers organized the ''Cooperativa de Tabacaleros de Jujuy'' in 1969, and an important Massalin Particulares cigarette plant opened shortly afterwards. The town's strategic location between the provincial capital,

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, and the city of

Salta Salta () is the capital and largest city in the Argentine province of the same name. With a population of 618,375 according to the 2010 census, it is also the 7th most-populous city in Argentina. The city serves as the cultural and economic ce ...

made the rail station among the busiest in the region. The

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of the

Ferrocarril General Manuel Belgrano The General Manuel Belgrano Railway (FCGMB) (Spanish: Ferrocarril General Manuel Belgrano), named after the Argentine politician and military leader Manuel Belgrano, is a railway and the longest of the Argentine system. It was one of the six S ...

after 1992 led to the station's closure, however. The

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maintains a facility in Perico. A ''Zona Franca'' (

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) was established in Perico, and the town's Nobleza Piccardo plant became the nation's largest producer and exporter of Blue Virginia tobacco products.

References

External links

Samuel Condori: Perico City
Populated places in Jujuy Province Populated places established in 1913 1913 establishments in Argentina {{Jujuy-geo-stub