Charata

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Charata
Province Chaco
Department Chacabuco
Location 23°17′ S 61°12′ W
Elevation 85 m AMSL
Population 27,813
Phone code +54 3731
CPA base H3730

Charata is a city in the province of Chaco, Argentina. It has 27,813 inhabitants as per the 2001 census [INDEC], and is the head town of the Chacabuco Department and the most important city in the southwest of Chaco, located 280 km from the provincial capital Resistencia.

The city was founded by provincial decree on 4 October 1914.

Charata is the important settlement closest to the Campo del Cielo crater meteoric dispersion (originated by the impact of a large metallic meteoroid, probably around 3800 BCE).

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