Córdoba, Argentina (arg)

Córdoba, Argentina

Córdoba, Argentina ranks 377th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Würzburg, Ottawa, and Yekaterinburg. Memorable people born in Córdoba, Argentina include Fernando de la Rúa, Osvaldo Ardiles, and Juan Hohberg. Memorable people who died in Córdoba, Argentina include Domenico Zipoli, Arturo Umberto Illia, and Ernesto Vidal. Córdoba, Argentina has been the birth place of many soccer players and politicians and the death place of many soccer players and composers. Córdoba, Argentina is located in Argentina.

Córdoba is a city in central Argentina, in the foothills of the Sierras Chicas on the Suquía River, about 700 km (435 mi) northwest of Buenos Aires. It is the capital of Córdoba Province and the second-most populous city in Argentina after Buenos Aires, with about 1.6 million urban inhabitants according to the 2020 census. A European settlement was founded on 6 July 1573 by Jerónimo Luis de Cabrera, who named it after Córdoba, Spain. It was one of the early Spanish colonial capitals of the region of present-day Argentina. The National University of Córdoba, the oldest university of the country, was founded in 1613 by the Jesuit Order, and Córdoba has earned the nickname La Docta. Read more on Wikipedia