Londres, Catamarca Londres, Catamarca Londres is a small tourist town in the Belén Department of Catamarca Province, Argentina. It is situated at above sea level alongside the "Ruta Nacional 40". It is at the foot of Shincal mountains, near the Quimivil river and is divided into two parts, "Upper" and "Lower." Londres was founded in 1558 and named Londres (Spanish for London) in honor of the fact that Philip II, King of Spain at time of its founding, was married to Mary Tudor (Mary I of England). The Church of the Immaculate Conception, National Historical Monument is in Londres. The ruins of
Formosa Province up to 45 °C The tropical weather is characterized with uniform annual rains in the east (1000 mm annual), while in the rest of the country winter is a drier season (80 mm). The humidity variation results in the jungle vegetation on one side, and the Chaqueño forest in the other. The limit with the Salta Province is known as the "Impenetrable" ("Impenetrable"). Formosa's protected areas are the Río Pilcomayo National Park and the Formosa National Reserve. Coincidentally, part of the province is the antipode to northern Taiwan, which was also known as "Formosa". (Taiwan was named "Formosa" by European