Villa Carlos Paz () is a city in the center-north of the
province
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of
Córdoba, Argentina, in the south of the
Punilla Valley, lying on the western slope of the Sierras Chicas. It has a population of about 56,000 as per the . The area of Punilla is a major tourist destination on the national level, and Villa Carlos Paz is in turn the most important city of Punilla, favoured by its closeness () to the populous
Córdoba City, the capital of the province. Popular tourist activities include bathing in one of the
many rivers, fishing, evening shows, kite surfing, windsurfing, hiking and mountain biking.
Geography
Villa Carlos Paz is located on the southern shore of the
San Roque Lake. It is crossed by the
San Antonio River
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and the
Los Chorrillos Stream. The city was founded by the rancher Carlos Nicandro Paz in 1913.
The
Hang suspension bridges road was built in 1918 to link the town to the Valley Traslasierra. This was replaced in the 1950s by the
Camino de las Altas Cumbres.
International relations
Twin towns — Sister cities
Villa Carlos Paz is
twinned with:
*
Tarija, Bolivia
*
Termas de Río Hondo, Argentina
*
San Bernardino, Paraguay
*
Peschiera del Garda, Italy
Notable events
In 2012, an Argentinian dog named Capitán was reported to have sat every evening for six years on his owner's grave. This was compounded by the fact that the family had never brought the dog to the graveyard and the dog had managed to find it himself. The municipal cemetery's director, Héctor Baccega, said that the first time he saw the dog, he arrived at the cemetery alone. The dog then did a couple of laps around the place before finding his master's grave — all on his own. He arrives each day at 6:00 p.m.
The town has been used many times as the base of the
Rally Argentina, with the streets of the town being a super special stage in
2010
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. It was also a stage of the
2015
2015 was designated by the United Nations as:
* International Year of Light
* International Year of Soil __TOC__
Events
January
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and
2016 Dakar Rally.
On October 11, 2023, the town was evacuated due to a wildfire threatening the city.
References
External links
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Complete Tourist Guide websiteOfficial websiteNewsTourism Carlos Paz from abroad
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Populated places in Córdoba Province, Argentina
Populated places established in 1914
Tourism in Argentina
Cities in Argentina
Populated lakeshore places in Argentina