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Cosquin
South America is thefourth largest continent of the Western Hemisphere. It is divided politically into 12 independent countries namely Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela and the overseas department of French Guiana. The continent extends to 7,640 kilometers from Punta Gallinas, Colombia, in the north to Cape Horn, Chile, in the south. At its broadest point, near where it is crossed by the equator, the continent extends to 5,300 kilometers from east to west.
South America is connected to North America by the Isthmus of Panama. It is washed on the north by the Caribbean Sea, on the east by the Atlantic Ocean, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean. Topographically the continent is divided into three sections namely the South American cordillera, the interior lowlands, and the continental shield. Roman Catholicism is the dominant religion and Portuguese and Spanish are the primary languages of the continent.
Cosquin is a small city in the province of Cordoba, Argentina, located about 52 kilometers from Cordoba city and 783 kilometers from Buenos Aires. It has about 19,000 inhabitants as of the 2001 poll. It is the head town of the Punilla Department, and lies beside the river of the same name and on the foot of a small mountain. Cosquin is the oldest city in the Punilla Valley. The region was populated already in the 16th century. Cosquin was formally founded with the title of village on 4 August 1876, and declared a city on 26 August 1939.
In the past, the region of Cosquin was appreciated for its kind climate, recommended by physicians for pulmonary diseases and a whole industry of hospitals and hygiene establishment appeared in order to provide services to patients from Argentina and even other countries. As the fame of this kind of treatment decreased, the economy of Cosquin became more focused on tourism. Since 1961, Cosquin hosts an annual National Folklore Festival, which receives about 100,000 visitors.
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