Londres is a small tourist town in the Belén departamento of Catamarca Province

Catamarca Province

Catamarca is a province of Argentina, located in the northwest of the country. The province has a population of 334,568 as per the , and covers an area of 102,602 km². Its literacy rate is 95.5%. Neighbouring provinces are : Salta, Tucumán, Santiago del Estero, Córdoba, and La Rioja...

, Argentina

Argentina

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. It is situated at 1170 m (3,839 ft) above sea level alongside the Ruta Nacional 40. It is at the foot of Shincal mountains, near the Quimivil river and is divided into two parts, upper and lower.

The name

The city was named Londres (Spanish for London) in honour of the fact that Philip II, King of Spain at time of its founding was at the time married to Mary Tudor (Mary I of England

Mary I of England

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Tourism

The Church of the Immaculate Conception, National Historical Monument is in Londres.

The ruins of the Shincal de Quimivil are located 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from Londres. These are 30 hectares where reconstructions of parts of an urban settlement inhabited by the indigenous population of the area in the 15th and 16th centuries.

This city, known as "The birthplace of the nut" is home to the provincial nut festival, celebrated every year in January.

Population

The 2001 census records a population of 2,134 inhabitants (INDEC 2001) which represents an increase of 15.7% over the 1,844 inhabitants recorded in the previous census (INDEC 1991)

External links

Argentina Interior Ministry
catamarcaguia.com.ar

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