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Oncativo
South America is the fourth 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.
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.
Oncativo is one of South America’s most popular destinations, and is well known for the quantity of cultural related attractions and monuments. It is a city in the province of Cordoba of Argentina. It is located near the center of the province almost 76 kilometers to the southeast direction from the provincial capital and 64 kilometers to the northwest direction from Villa Maria, by national route number nine.
Although the town had no official foundation, it is considered that it began with the arrival of the railway lines, and especially with the opening for public use of the train station of the Ferrocarril Central Argentino, 1 September 1869. The city is filled with highly active cultural life and the weather and natural scenery of the city are one of its well known attributes.
Presently, Oncativo experiences a sharp social, economic and population growth derivative of the strategic position of the locality and the high level of well-being and quality of life that is enjoyed with respect to other places of South America. This fact has consolidated along with other adjacent municipalities, as a great alternative for residence.
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