# Charata

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**Charata** is a city in the [province](/source/Provinces_of_Argentina) of [Chaco](/source/Chaco_Province), Argentina. It has 26497 inhabitants as per the , and is the head town of the [Chacabuco Department](/source/Chacabuco_Department,_Chaco) and the most important city in the southwest of Chaco, located 280 km from the provincial capital [Resistencia](/source/Resistencia,_Chaco).

## History

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

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

## References

- [Municipality of Charata](https://web.archive.org/web/20070504133942/http://www.charata.gov.ar/) — Official website.

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