Papagayos

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official_name = Papagayos
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leader_name = José Luis Gauna, Movimiento Nacional y Popular
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established_date = 1902
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website = [http://www.papagayos.gov.ar/ www.papagayos.gov.ar]

Papagayos is a village in Chacabuco Department, San Luis Province, Argentina. Among the small towns that are at the feet of the Comechingones Mountains, Papagayos stands out by its particular landscape of Caranday Palms.

It borders Villa Larca to the north, Tilisarao to the west, Villa del Carmen to the south and to the east, Cordoba Province.

It has around 750 inhabitants. Its climate is mainly dry with a little summer precipitation.

Toponymy

There are two theories about Papagayos' name: some people affirm that it derives from “Papa-Gallo” name that the natives gave to a used wild plant with medicinal aims. Another theory says that it may be a confusion of the colonists, calling the Burrowing Parakeet (Cyanoliseus patagonus) that they found in the zone by that name.

External links

* [http://www.papagayos.gov.ar Site of Papagayos]
* [http://maps.google.es/maps?f=q&hl=es&geocode=&q=papagayos&sll=40.396764,-3.713379&sspn=15.853216,27.070313&ie=UTF8&ll=-32.675145,-64.98868&spn=0.008561,0.013218&t=h&z=16 See it in Google Maps]

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