Charata

Charata is a city in Chaco Province in northeastern Argentina. It is the head town of Chacabuco Department and is regarded as the most important urban center in the southwestern part of the province. The city lies approximately 280 kilometres from Resistencia, the provincial capital. Charata was established by provincial decree on 4 October 1914. Its development reflects the broader pattern of municipal and urban formation in the interior of Argentina, where settlements became administrative, commercial, and service centers for surrounding rural areas. The city functions as a local hub for the communities and agricultural territory around it, although the available reference material does not provide detailed current information about its economy, institutions, infrastructure, or demographic trends. According to the 2010 census conducted by Argentina's National Institute of Statistics and Censuses, Charata had 26,497 inhabitants. As the seat of Chacabuco Department, it has municipal and departmental administrative significance beyond its population size. Its official municipal website provides a public-facing channel for local government information and services. Charata is also geographically associated with Campo del Cielo, a major meteorite dispersion field created by the impact of a large metallic meteoroid, probably around 3,800 BCE. The closest important settlement to the Campo del Cielo crater and meteorite dispersion area, Charata forms part of the regional context through which the site is accessed and understood. This connection gives the city relevance in discussions of Argentine natural and geological heritage. Charata should be treated as a geographic and municipal entity rather than a commercial brand. The supplied reference material does not identify a consumer-brand portfolio, corporate owner, product lines, listed securities, or commercial executives. Its public identity is instead based on its role as a city, local-government center, departmental seat, and regional settlement in Chaco Province.

Charata is a city in Chaco Province, Argentina, and the administrative seat of Chacabuco Department. It is located in the southwestern part of the province, approximately 280 kilometres from Resistencia, the provincial capital. The city is described as the most important settlement in southwestern Chaco, indicating a regional role that extends beyond its function as a municipal center. The settlement was founded by provincial decree on 4 October 1914. The available historical reference does not provide a detailed account of the events, institutions, or individuals involved in its creation, nor does it describe the stages of its subsequent urban growth. Accordingly, the city's early development can be documented only in broad terms: Charata emerged as a formally established locality within the process of provincial administration and settlement formation in Argentina's interior. Over time, Charata became the head town of Chacabuco Department. This position gave it administrative importance and helped establish it as a service and population center for the surrounding area. The reference material does not specify the local industries, transport networks, civic institutions, or commercial sectors that supported this development, so those aspects are left undocumented here rather than inferred. The 2010 Argentine census recorded 26,497 inhabitants in Charata. This census figure provides a documented population benchmark, but no later population estimate is included in the supplied sources. Charata continues to operate as a municipality, with an official website serving as its principal identified online government presence. The city is also the important settlement closest to the Campo del Cielo crater and meteorite dispersion. Campo del Cielo resulted from the impact of a large metallic meteoroid, probably around 3,800 BCE. The event produced a dispersed field of meteorite material in the region and represents an important natural-history feature associated with Charata's wider geographic setting. The supplied material does not establish that the municipality owns, manages, or commercially operates the site; it supports only the city's geographic proximity and regional association with it. Because Charata is a city rather than a conventional commercial brand, its encyclopedia profile is best understood through municipal geography, administrative history, population, and regional heritage. No evidence in the supplied material establishes a brand owner, parent company, product portfolio, corporate leadership structure, stock-market listing, or commercial campaign history.

• 2010

  Population recorded in the national census

  [1]Charataen.wikipedia.org

  Argentina's 2010 census recorded 26,497 inhabitants in Charata.

• 1914

  Foundation by provincial decree

  [1]Charataen.wikipedia.org

  Charata was founded by decree of the provincial government on 4 October 1914.

A municipal and regional center in southwestern Chaco, Argentina, with administrative importance as the seat of Chacabuco Department and geographic association with the Campo del Cielo meteorite dispersion area.

1. 1Charataen.wikipedia.org
2. 2Municipality of Charatacharata.gov.ar