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The Pampas
The unrelentingly flat Pampas is Argentina's agricultural heartland and the
home of that symbol of romantic nationalism, the gaucho. Comprising the provinces
of Buenos Aires, La Pampa and major parts of Santa Fe and Córdoba, its varied
environments include forested hills, extensive grasslands and flamingo-flecked
salt lakes.
The Parque National Lihué Calel is a popular detour, with wildlife including
some puma and many guanaco, rhea, native hares and a variety of wild chinchilla
called a vizcacha.
The cities of La Plata, Luján (whose basilica to La Virgen de Luján receives
4 million pilgrims a year), Rosario and Santa Fe are worth seeing for their
many museums, churches and faded colonial buildings.
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