La Rioja Province, Argentina
La Rioja | |
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| Province of La Rioja Provincia de La Rioja (Spanish) | |
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| Coordinates: 29°24′48″S 66°51′24″W / 29.4133°S 66.8567°W | |
| Country | Argentina |
| Capital | La Rioja |
| Divisions | 18 departments |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Ricardo Quintela (PJ/UxP) |
| • Vice Governor | Teresita Madera (PJ/UxP) |
| • Legislature | 36 |
| • National Deputies | 5 |
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| Area | |
• Total | 89,680 km2 (34,630 sq mi) |
| Population (2022 census) | |
• Total | 384,607 |
| • Rank | 21st |
| • Density | 4.289/km2 (11.11/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Riojano |
| GDP | |
| • Total | US$ 4.8 billion |
| • Per capita | US$ 12,000 |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (ART) |
| ISO 3166 code | AR-F |
| HDI (2021) | 0.840 very high (16th) |
| Website | larioja |
La Rioja (Spanish pronunciation: [la ˈrjoxa]), officially Province of La Rioja is a province of Argentina located in the west of the country. The landscape of the province consists of a series of arid to semi-arid mountain ranges and agricultural valleys in between. It is in one of these valleys that the capital of the province, the city of La Rioja, lies. Neighboring provinces are, from the north clockwise, Catamarca, Córdoba, San Luis and San Juan. The Triassic sauropodomorph dinosaur Riojasaurus is named after the province.