Famatina

Famatina is a IG of La Rioja in Argentina.

The map shows the official outline with relief, 3D terrain, slope and exposure, climate and soil.

Key facts

Type

IG (department)

Area

417,276 ha registered outline

Centre

28.6422° S, 67.5560° W

Also registered as

Valle de Chañarmuyo

Legal basis

Ley 25.163 (1999) and INV resolutions (C.32/2002, C.37/2002 and later); official INV list of 18 April 2024 plus the 2025 IGs.

Outline: Built from the administrative units that the legal definition names.

Where it is

Nearest town

58 km north of Chilecito

Nearest city

109 km north-west of La Rioja 178,872 people

To the sea

348 km

Same latitude

Free State (South Africa), Granite Belt (Australia)

Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.

Terrain

Elevation

977–6,068 m

Mean elevation

2,060 m

Measured over the whole outline on 58,653 elevation cells of about 268 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Sources

geoBoundaries ARG ADM2 (2020) (Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Intergovernmental Organisations (CC BY 3.0 IGO))