Ciudad Perico

Ciudad Perico
Municipality and town
Ciudad Perico

Location in Argentina

Coordinates: AR 24°23′S 65°07′W / 24.383°S 65.117°W / -24.383; -65.117
Country  Argentina
Province Jujuy Province
Department El Carmen
Founded October 29, 1913
Government
  Mayor Rolando Pascual Ficoseco
Elevation 895 m (2,936 ft)
Population (2012)
  Total 49,422
Postal code Y4608
Area code(s) 0388
Website perico.gov.ar

Ciudad Perico, or simply Perico, is a town and municipality in Jujuy Province in Argentina.[1]

Overview

The town was founded with the 1913 opening of the namesake station on the Central Northern Railway. Known initially as Estación Perico, the town was among those renamed for Juan Domingo Perón during the populist leader's 1946 — 55 administration.

Governor Horacio Guzmán chose Perico as the site of the future El Cadillal International Airport in 1961, and the facility was inaugurated in 1967 (it was renamed in Guzmán's honor in 1992).

Long a center for the production and distribution of tobacco, Perico's growers organized the Cooperativa de Tabacaleros de Jujuy in 1969, and an important Massalin Particulares cigarette plant opened shortly afterwards.

The town's strategic location between the provincial capital, San Salvador de Jujuy, and the city of Salta made the rail station among the busiest in the region. The privatization of the Ferrocarril General Manuel Belgrano after 1992 led to the station's closure, however.

The National Agricultural Technology Institute maintains a facility in Perico. A Zona Franca (Free economic zone) was established in Perico, and the town's Nobleza Piccardo plant became the nation's largest producer and exporter of Blue Virginia tobacco products.

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