Charata
Encyclopedia
Charata is a city in the province
of Chaco
, Argentina
. It has 27,813 inhabitants as per the , and is the head town of the Chacabuco Department
and the most important city in the southwest of Chaco, located 280 km from the provincial capital Resistencia
.
The city was founded by provincial decree on 4 October 1914.
Charata is the important settlement closest to the Campo del Cielo crater
meteoric
dispersion (originated by the impact of a large metallic meteoroid, probably around 3800 BCE).
Provinces of Argentina
Argentina is subdivided into twenty-three provinces and one autonomous city...
of Chaco
Chaco Province
Chaco is an Argentine province located in the north of the country, near the border with Paraguay. Its capital is Resistencia on the Paraná River opposite the city of Corrientes...
, 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...
. It has 27,813 inhabitants as per the , and is the head town of the Chacabuco Department
Chacabuco Department, Chaco
Chacabuco is a western department of Chaco Province in Argentina.The provincial subdivision has a population of about 28,000 inhabitants in an area of 1,378km², and its capital city is Charata, which is located around 1,100km from Capital Federal....
and the most important city in the southwest of Chaco, located 280 km from the provincial capital Resistencia
Resistencia, Chaco
Resistencia is the capital and largest city in the province of Chaco, in northeastern Argentina. At the 2001 census, the population of the Resistencia city proper was 274,490 inhabitants. It is the anchor of a slightly larger metropolitan area, Greater Resistencia, which comprises three more...
.
The city was founded by provincial decree on 4 October 1914.
Charata is the important settlement closest to the Campo del Cielo crater
Campo del Cielo crater
The Campo del Cielo refers to a group of iron meteorites or to the area where they were found situated on the border between the provinces of Chaco and Santiago del Estero, northwest of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The crater field covers an area of 3×20 kilometers and contains at least 26 craters,...
meteoric
Meteorite
A meteorite is a natural object originating in outer space that survives impact with the Earth's surface. Meteorites can be big or small. Most meteorites derive from small astronomical objects called meteoroids, but they are also sometimes produced by impacts of asteroids...
dispersion (originated by the impact of a large metallic meteoroid, probably around 3800 BCE).