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The Fiestas Patronales de Nuestra Señora del Carmen is a religious and cultural celebration that generally features parades, games, artisans, amusement rides, regional food, and live entertainment. [ 30 ] [ 23 ] The festival has featured live performances by well-known artists such as Sonora Ponceña , Andy Montañez , Pedro Capó , Sie7e and ...
Bahía de Banderas (Spanish pronunciation: [ba'i.a ðe βan'deɾas], Spanish for Bay of Flags) is a bay on the Pacific Coast of Mexico, within the Mexican states of Jalisco and Nayarit, being the westernmost municipality in Nayarit.
Landscape near Winifreda, La Pampa. It is noteworthy that this province is larger than Israel, Austria, Taiwan, Ireland or Greece, for example. [4] There are only two major rivers in the province: the Colorado ("Red River") on the border with the Province of Río Negro, and the Salado ("Salty River") crossing it.
Northern Triangle of Central America: Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador The Northern Triangle of Central America three countries, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras. . These countries share a border tripoint at Trifinio Fraternidad Transboundary Biosphere Reserve, and also aspects of classical cultures, history, society, and poli
Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (Latin: [tʰɛˈaːtrũː ˈɔrbɪs tɛˈrːaːrũː], "Theatre of the Lands of the World") is considered to be the first true modern atlas.Written by Abraham Ortelius, strongly encouraged by Gillis Hooftman [2] and originally printed on 20 May 1570 in Antwerp, [3] it consisted of a collection of uniform map sheets and supporting text bound to form a book for which ...
Arica y Parinacota is the 5th smallest, the 3rd least populous and the 6th least densely populated of the regions of Chile. Arica is the region's capital and largest city. The region was a former Peruvian province , which was occupied by Chile under the 1883 Treaty of Ancón at the close of the War of the Pacific , and then formally annexed in ...
The topography can be divided in four regions: an outer archipelago region (Spanish: Región Archipielágica) to the west and south, a mountain region in the west and south (Spanish: Región Cordillerana), [8] a plains region (Spanish: Región de las Planicies Orientales) in the northeast [9] plus a sub-Andean zone in-between the last two zones ...
Isla de los Estados is an Argentine island that lies 29 kilometres (18 mi) off the eastern extremity of Tierra del Fuego, from which it is separated by the Le Maire Strait. The island is part of the Argentine province of Tierra del Fuego , and of the department and city of Ushuaia .