Ciudad Perico
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Ciudad Perico is a town and municipality in Jujuy Province
in Argentina
.
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 Juan Domingo Perón 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
, 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, San Salvador de Jujuy
, and the city of Salta
made the rail station among the busiest in the region. The privatization
of the Ferrocarril General Manuel Belgrano
after 1992 led to the station's closure, however.
The National Agricultural Technology Institute maintains a facility in Perico. A Zona Franca (Free economic zone
) was established in Perico, and the town's Nobleza Piccardo plant became the nation's largest producer and exporter of Blue Virginia tobacco products.
Jujuy Province
Jujuy is a province of Argentina, located in the extreme northwest of the country, at the borders with Chile and Bolivia. The only neighboring Argentine province is Salta to the east and south.-History:...
in Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
.
The town was founded with the 1913 opening of the namesake station on the Central Northern Railway
Ferrocarril Central Norte
The Ferrocarril Central Norte was the first railway built in Argentina by the state...
. Known initially as Estación Perico, the town was among those renamed for Juan Domingo Perón during the populist leader's 1946 — 55 administration.
Governor Horacio Guzmán
Horacio Guzmán
Horacio Guzmán was an Argentine lawyer and politician who served as Governor of Jujuy Province from 1958 to 1962, and from 1963 to 1964.-Life and times:...
chose Perico as the site of the future El Cadillal International Airport
Gobernador Horacio Guzmán International Airport
Gobernador Horacio Guzmán International Airport is an airport in Jujuy Province, Argentina serving the city of San Salvador de Jujuy.Inaugurated by Governor Darío Arias on April 19, 1967, it was originally named Aeropuerto El Cadillal. The airport was renamed in 1992 for Dr...
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
Tobacco is an agricultural product processed from the leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana. It can be consumed, used as a pesticide and, in the form of nicotine tartrate, used in some medicines...
, Perico's growers organized the Cooperativa de Tabacaleros de Jujuy in 1969, and an important Massalin Particulares cigarette
Cigarette
A cigarette is a small roll of finely cut tobacco leaves wrapped in a cylinder of thin paper for smoking. The cigarette is ignited at one end and allowed to smoulder; its smoke is inhaled from the other end, which is held in or to the mouth and in some cases a cigarette holder may be used as well...
plant opened shortly afterwards.
The town's strategic location between the provincial capital, San Salvador de Jujuy
San Salvador de Jujuy
San Salvador de Jujuy , commonly known as Jujuy and locally often referred to as San Salvador, is the capital city of Jujuy Province in northwest Argentina. It lies near the southern end of the Humahuaca Canyon where wooded hills meet the lowlands....
, and the city of Salta
Salta
Salta is a city in northwestern Argentina and the capital city of the Salta Province. Along with its metropolitan area, it has a population of 464,678 inhabitants as of the , making it Argentina's eighth largest city.-Overview:...
made the rail station among the busiest in the region. The privatization
Railway Privatisation in Argentina
Following a prolonged period of hyperinflation in the 1980s, accompanied by a steep increase in fiscal deficit and a sharp fall in reserves, the Argentine government, under the presidency of Carlos Menem from 1989, initiated a series of neoliberal reforms which included the privatisation of...
of the Ferrocarril General Manuel Belgrano
Ferrocarril General Manuel Belgrano
Ferrocarril General Manuel Belgrano , named after the Argentine politician and military leader Manuel Belgrano, was one of the six state-owned Argentine railway companies formed after President Juan Perón's nationalisation of the railway network in 1948...
after 1992 led to the station's closure, however.
The National Agricultural Technology Institute maintains a facility in Perico. A Zona Franca (Free economic zone
Free economic zone
Many countries have, or have had at some time, designated areas where companies are taxed very lightly or not at all to encourage development or for some other reason...
) was established in Perico, and the town's Nobleza Piccardo plant became the nation's largest producer and exporter of Blue Virginia tobacco products.