Capilla del Monte is a small city in the province

Provinces of Argentina

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 of Córdoba

Córdoba Province (Argentina)

Córdoba is a province of Argentina, located in the center of the country. Neighboring provinces are : Santiago del Estero, Santa Fe, Buenos Aires, La Pampa, San Luis, La Rioja and Catamarca...

, Argentina

Argentina

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, located by the Sierras Chicas mountain chain, in the northern end of the Punilla Valley

Punilla Valley

The Punilla Valley is a broad fluvial valley in the province of Córdoba, Argentina. It is located in the center-northwest of the province, bordered by the Sierras Chicas in the east and the Sierras Grandes and the Achala Pamp in the west, oriented from north to south...

. It has about 9,000 inhabitants as per the .

The main tourist attraction in the area is the Cerro Uritorco

Uritorco

The Cerro Uritorco is a mountain and highest peak of the Sierras Chicas chain in the northwest of the province of Córdoba, Argentina. It is located next to the Calabalumba River, three km from the center of the city of Capilla del Monte, and its summit is at 1,949 m above mean sea level...

, a small mountain only 3 km from the city, famed around Argentina as an alleged center of paranormal phenomena and UFO sightings.

The city also features the tall El Cajón Dam and its large reservoir.

Capilla del Monte was found on 30 December 1585. Its name means "Chapel of the Mount" in Spanish.