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Córdoba, is a city located near the geographical center of Argentina, in the foothills of the Sierras Chicas on the Suquía River, about 700 km (435 mi) northwest from Buenos Aires. It is the capital of Córdoba Province and the second largest city in the country in population and concentrates 40,89 % of the provincial population (3,216,993 inhabitants) and represents 3,31 % of the Argentine population, which according to estimations to June 2008 promotes 39.745.613. As INDEC, the rate of growth inter sensual comes declining since 1980, when the record was marking a growth of 18,8 %, then, in the national census of 2001....