Córdoba, Argentinae

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Córdoba, Argentina
City an provincial caipital
City o Córdoba
Clockwise frae top: Cityscape taken frae Naciones Park, San Martin Square, La Cañada Glen, Argentina Pavilion frae Naitional Varsity o Córdoba, Cityscape at night taken from Nueva Cordoba neebourheid, Airch o Córdoba, Plaque commemoratin the designation o the Jesuit block as Warld Heritage Steid in 2000, Evita Fine Arts Museum.
Clockwise frae top: Cityscape taken frae Naciones Park, San Martin Square, La Cañada Glen, Argentina Pavilion frae Naitional Varsity o Córdoba, Cityscape at night taken from Nueva Cordoba neebourheid, Airch o Córdoba, Plaque commemoratin the designation o the Jesuit block as Warld Heritage Steid in 2000, Evita Fine Arts Museum.
Coat of airms o Córdoba, Argentina
Coat airms
Córdoba, Argentina is located in Argenteinie
Córdoba, Argentina
Córdoba, Argentina
Coordinates: 31°25′0″S 64°11′0″W / 31.41667°S 64.18333°W / -31.41667; -64.18333Coordinates: 31°25′0″S 64°11′0″W / 31.41667°S 64.18333°W / -31.41667; -64.18333
KintraArgentinae
ProvinceCórdoba
DepairtmentCapital
Established1573
Govrenment
 • MayorRamón Javier Mestre
Area
 • Laund576 km2 (222 sq mi)
Elevation
atween 352 an 544 m (atween 1,154.86 an 1,784.78 ft)
Population
 (2008)
 • City an provincial caipital1,309,536 (census)
 • Density2,273.5/km2 (5,888.46/sq mi)
 • Metro
1,528,000 (est)
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Time zoneUTC−3 (ART)

Córdoba (Spaingie pronunciation: [ˈkorðoβa]) is a city locatit in the geographical centre o Argentinae, in the fuithills o the Sierras Chicas on the Suquía River, aboot 700 km (435 mi) northwast o Buenos Aires. It is the caipital o Córdoba Province an the seicont-lairgest city in Argentinae efter the autonomous city o Buenos Aires, wi aboot 1.3 million indwallers accordin tae the 2001 census. It wis foondit on 6 Julie 1573 bi Jerónimo Luis de Cabrera, who namit it efter Córdoba, Spain. It wis ane o the first Spaingie colonial caipitals o the region that is nou Argentinae (the auldest city is Santiago del Estero, foondit in 1553). The Naitional Varsity o Córdoba is the auldest varsity o the kintra an the seicont tae be inauguratit in Laitin Americae. It wis foondit in 1613 bi the Jesuit Order. Acause o this, Córdoba earned the elk-name La Docta (roughly translatit, "The Learned ane").

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  1. "INDEC: estimaciones de población" (PDF). Archived frae the original (PDF) on 9 Apryle 2014. Retrieved 22 Apryle 2014.

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