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Chilecito

town in La Rioja Province, Argentina
City Q1072833

Facts

9 properties

Identity

Instance of
city, municipality in Argentina[4]
Inception
1715[6]

Location

Country
Argentina[3]
Coordinate location
🗺️ -29.167°, -67.500°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Chilecito Department[2]

Population and size

Elevation above sea level
+1080[16]
Population
59k (1.4k–59k, n=8)[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]
⚖ sources disagree Wikidata 33,724 · 29,453 · 22,485 · 6,121 · 2,125 GeoNames 42,248 edition 2026-09-26 · CC BY 4.0 ↗
More facts +2
Capital of
Chilecito Department[15]
Patron saint
Saint Rita of Cascia[5]
🏷️ Also known as
en Chilecito ar تشليسيتو el Τσιλεσίτο fa چیلسیتو he צ'ילסיטו ja チレシト ru Чилесито uk Чілесіто zh 奇萊西托
🔖 Identifiers · 14
VIAF cluster ID
312591681
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n82104462
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Chilecito calle Joaquín V. González.jpg ↗
BAHRA ID
4604201002, 46042010
Freebase ID
/m/0d3816
GNS Unique Feature ID
-982036
GeoNames ID
3861445
J9U entity ID
987007555139105171
RKD thesaurus ID
12996
SNARC ID
Wikidata item
Topic's main category
Category:Chilecito
UN/LOCODE
ARCHO
Show all 14 identifiers +2
Who's on First ID
421172041
Yale LUX ID
place/7cb91d05-2dae-4037-974e-8af0e453f34e

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🔗 Connections
Instance of 2
city, municipality in Argentina
People born here 2
Cristian Leiva, Jazmín Ortenzi
People who died here 2
Gabino Coria Peñaloza, Wenceslao Pedernera
Capital of 1
Chilecito Department
Country 1
Argentina
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Chilecito Department
Located in time zone 1
UTC−03:00
Named after 1
Chilecito Airport
Patron saint 1
Saint Rita of Cascia
Topic's main category 1
Category:Chilecito
← Capital 1
Chilecito Department
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Chilecito
← Place served by transport hub 1
Chilecito Airport
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Summary

Chilecito is a city[1].

Body

Cultural Significance

Things named for Chilecito include Chilecito Airport[17], an airport[18], in Argentina[19].

Why It Matters

Entities named for Chilecito include Chilecito Airport[17], an airport[18], in Argentina[19].

Related Entities

Argentina city Saint Rita of Cascia

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . 2010 Argentina census. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . 2001 Argentina census. wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . 1991 census of Argentina. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . 2022 Argentina census. wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [18] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 13w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
    BAHRA ID → 4604201002, 46042010
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #46950: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
  2. 22w ago · Jmmuguerza · 2026-06-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country → Argentina
    Who's on First ID → 421172041
    Category of associated people → Wikidata item
    Yale LUX ID → place/7cb91d05-2dae-4037-974e-8af0e453f34e
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: BAHRA ID: 4604201002, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1780888939807"
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