Tarija, the Glossary
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54 relations: Altiplano, Amazon basin, Andalusia, Andes, Argentina, Asunción, Bolivia, Bolivia men's national basketball team, Brasschaat, Calama, Chile, Capitán Oriel Lea Plaza Airport, Cercado Province (Tarija), Conquistador, Cueca, Departments of Bolivia, Elqui River, Freezing air temperature, Gran Chaco, Guadalquivir, Guadalquivir River (Bolivia), Inca Empire, Indigenous peoples, Iniesta, Cuenca, Internet café, Jornada (La Paz), Köppen climate classification, La Paz, Loa River, Mejillones, Mendoza, Argentina, Mitimaes, Norte Chico, Chile, Oceanic climate, Paraguay, Periodization of pre-Columbian Peru, Potosí, Provinces of Bolivia, Puna de Atacama, Quechua people, Salar de Uyuni, Salta, Salta Province, San Bernardino, Paraguay, San Juan del Oro River, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Semi-arid climate, Tajzara Lake, Tarija Department, Tomatas, Tournai, ... Expand index (4 more) »
- Populated places established in 1574
- Populated places in Tarija Department
Altiplano
The Altiplano (Spanish for "high plain"), Collao (Quechua and Aymara: Qullaw, meaning "place of the Qulla") or Andean Plateau, in west-central South America, is the most extensive high plateau on Earth outside Tibet.
Amazon basin
The Amazon basin is the part of South America drained by the Amazon River and its tributaries.
Andalusia
Andalusia (Andalucía) is the southernmost autonomous community in Peninsular Spain.
Andes
The Andes, Andes Mountains or Andean Mountain Range are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America.
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Argentina
Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America.
Asunción
Asunción is the capital and the largest city of Paraguay.
Bolivia
Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in western-central South America.
Bolivia men's national basketball team
The Bolivia national basketball team is the national men's basketball team from Bolivia.
See Tarija and Bolivia men's national basketball team
Brasschaat
Brasschaat is a municipality located in Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium, and in the Flemish province of Antwerp.
Calama, Chile
Calama is a city and commune in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile.
Capitán Oriel Lea Plaza Airport
Capitán Oriel Lea Plaza Airport is an airport serving Tarija, the capital of the Tarija Department of Bolivia.
See Tarija and Capitán Oriel Lea Plaza Airport
Cercado Province (Tarija)
Cercado is a province in the central parts of the Bolivian department Tarija.
See Tarija and Cercado Province (Tarija)
Conquistador
Conquistadors or conquistadores (lit 'conquerors') was a term used to refer to Spanish and Portuguese colonialists of the early modern period.
Cueca
Cueca is a family of musical styles and associated dances from Chile, Argentina, and Bolivia.
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Departments of Bolivia
Bolivia is a unitary state consisting of nine departments (departamentos).
See Tarija and Departments of Bolivia
Elqui River
The Elqui River starts in the west Andes and flows into the Pacific Ocean near the Chilean city of La Serena.
Freezing air temperature
Freezing, available online or frost occurs when the air temperature falls below the freezing point of water (0 °C, 32 °F, 273 K).
See Tarija and Freezing air temperature
Gran Chaco
The Gran Chaco or Dry Chaco is a sparsely populated, hot and semiarid lowland tropical dry broadleaf forest natural region of the Río de la Plata basin, divided among eastern Bolivia, western Paraguay, northern Argentina, and a portion of the Brazilian states of Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul, where it is connected with the Pantanal region.
Guadalquivir
The Guadalquivir (also) is the fifth-longest river in the Iberian Peninsula and the second-longest river with its entire length in Spain.
Guadalquivir River (Bolivia)
The Guadalquivir River (Spanish, Río Guadalquivir) is a river in Bolivia.
See Tarija and Guadalquivir River (Bolivia)
Inca Empire
The Inca Empire, officially known as the Realm of the Four Parts (Tawantinsuyu, "four parts together"), was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America.
Indigenous peoples
There is no generally accepted definition of Indigenous peoples, although in the 21st century the focus has been on self-identification, cultural difference from other groups in a state, a special relationship with their traditional territory, and an experience of subjugation and discrimination under a dominant cultural model.
See Tarija and Indigenous peoples
Iniesta, Cuenca
Iniesta is a municipality located in the province of Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha, Spain.
See Tarija and Iniesta, Cuenca
Internet café
An Internet café, also known as a cybercafé, is a café (or a convenience store or a fully dedicated Internet access business) that provides the use of computers with high bandwidth Internet access on the payment of a fee.
Jornada (La Paz)
Jornada is a newspaper published in La Paz, Bolivia.
See Tarija and Jornada (La Paz)
Köppen climate classification
The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.
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La Paz
La Paz, officially Nuestra Señora de La Paz, is the seat of government of the Plurinational State of Bolivia.
Loa River
The Loa River (Spanish: Río Loa) is a U-shaped river in Chile's northern Antofagasta Region.
Mejillones
Mejillones is a Chilean port city and commune in Antofagasta Province in the Antofagasta Region.
Mendoza, Argentina
Mendoza, officially the City of Mendoza (Ciudad de Mendoza), is the capital of the province of Mendoza in Argentina.
See Tarija and Mendoza, Argentina
Mitimaes
Mitimaes is a folk music group from Peru.
Norte Chico, Chile
The Norte Chico region is one of five natural regions of continental Chile, as defined by the government agency CORFO in 1950.
See Tarija and Norte Chico, Chile
Oceanic climate
An oceanic climate, also known as a marine climate or maritime climate, is the temperate climate sub-type in Köppen classification represented as Cfb, typical of west coasts in higher middle latitudes of continents, generally featuring cool to warm summers and cool to mild winters (for their latitude), with a relatively narrow annual temperature range and few extremes of temperature.
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Paraguay
Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay (República del Paraguay; Paraguái Tavakuairetã), is a landlocked country in South America.
Periodization of pre-Columbian Peru
This is a chart of cultural periods of Peru and the Andean Region developed by John Rowe and Edward Lanning and used by some archaeologists studying the area.
See Tarija and Periodization of pre-Columbian Peru
Potosí
Potosí, known as Villa Imperial de Potosí in the colonial period, is the capital city and a municipality of the Department of Potosí in Bolivia.
Provinces of Bolivia
A province is the second largest administrative division in Bolivia, after a department.
See Tarija and Provinces of Bolivia
Puna de Atacama
The Puna de Atacama or Atacama Plateau is an arid high plateau, in the Andes of northern Chile (15%) and northwest of Argentina (85%).
See Tarija and Puna de Atacama
Quechua people
Quechua people or Quichua people may refer to any of the indigenous peoples of South America who speak the Quechua languages, which originated among the Indigenous people of Peru.
Salar de Uyuni
Salar de Uyuni (or "Salar de Tunupa") is the world's largest salt flat, or playa, at over in area.
Salta
Salta is the capital and largest city in the Argentine province of the same name.
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Salta Province
Salta is a province of Argentina, located in the northwest of the country.
San Bernardino, Paraguay
San Bernardino (colloquially known as San Ber) is a town in Paraguay, located on the shores of Ypacarai Lake in the Cordillera Department.
See Tarija and San Bernardino, Paraguay
San Juan del Oro River
The San Juan del Oro River is a river in the Potosí Department in Bolivia.
See Tarija and San Juan del Oro River
Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Santa Cruz de la Sierra, commonly known as Santa Cruz, is the largest city in Bolivia and the capital of the Santa Cruz department.
See Tarija and Santa Cruz de la Sierra
Semi-arid climate
A semi-arid climate, semi-desert climate, or steppe climate is a dry climate sub-type.
See Tarija and Semi-arid climate
Tajzara Lake
Tajzara (pronounced Taxara in English) is a small region and lake on the arid Altiplano of Bolivia, located in the vicinity of Cordillera de Sama Biological Reserve, Yunchará, José María Avilés Province.
Tarija Department
Tarija is a department in Bolivia.
See Tarija and Tarija Department
Tomatas
The Tomatas are an extinct indigenous people that inhabited the valley of Tarija at the time of the Spanish founding of Tarija in 1574.
Tournai
Tournai or Tournay (Doornik; Tornai; Tornè; Tornacum) is a city and municipality of Wallonia located in the Province of Hainaut, Belgium.
Tupiza
Tupiza is a city in Potosí Department, Bolivia.
Upper Peru
Upper Peru is a name for the land that was governed by the Real Audiencia of Charcas.
Villa Carlos Paz
Villa Carlos Paz is a city in the center-north of the province of Córdoba, Argentina, in the south of the Punilla Valley, lying on the western slope of the Sierras Chicas.
See Tarija and Villa Carlos Paz
Yacuiba
Yacuiba is a city in southern Bolivia and the capital city of Gran Chaco Province in the Tarija Department. Tarija and Yacuiba are populated places in Tarija Department.
See also
Populated places established in 1574
Populated places in Tarija Department
- Aguairenda
- Bermejo, Bolivia
- Canasmoro
- Caraparí
- Entre Ríos, Tarija
- Iscayachi
- Padcaya
- Palmar Grande (Tarija)
- San Lorenzo, Tarija
- Tarija
- Uriondo
- Villamontes
- Yacuiba
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarija
Also known as History of Tarija, Mayor of Tarija, Tarija, Bolivia.