Córdoba, Argentina

Economy | High-speed rail project

🇦🇷 Córdoba is a city in central Argentina, situated in the foothills of the Sierras Chicas on the Suquía Rive. It is the capital of Córdoba Province and the second most populous city in Argentina.

Córdoba has many historical monuments preserved from Spanish colonial rule, especially buildings of the Roman Catholic Church. The most recognisable is perhaps the Jesuit Block (Spanish: Manzana Jesuítica), declared in 2000 as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO which consists of a group of buildings dating from the 17th century, including the Colegio Nacional de Monserrat and the colonial university campus. The campus belongs today to the historical museum of the National University of Córdoba, which has been the second-largest university in the country since the early 20th century (after the University of Buenos Aires), in number of students, faculty, and academic programs. Córdoba is also known for its historical movements, such as Cordobazo and La Reforma del '18 (known as University Revolution in English).

Economy Since World War II, Córdoba has been developing a versatile industrial base. The biggest sectors is car and car parts manufacturing: Renault has a factory which produces a range of cars and Volkswagen has a factory specialized in the production of gearboxes. The capital goods company CNH Industrial has also a factory in the city. Many suppliers (both local and foreign) manufacture car parts for these operations. Additionally, starting in 2017–2018, Nissan and Mercedes-Benz will begin the production of their new pickup truck at the Renault factory. Railway construction (Materfer) and aircraft construction (Fábrica Militar de Aviones) were once significant employers, but their activities have greatly diminished. Furthermore, there are some textile, heavy and chemical industries (e.g. Porta for alcohol).

Areas around Córdoba produce vast amounts of agricultural products, and some of these are processed around the city. Additionally, the province is one of the main producers of agricultural machinery in the country, although most of these operations are not in the city itself. Candy company Arcor is headquartered in the city.

Córdoba has been considered the technological centre of Argentina. The Argentine spaceport (Centro Espacial Teófilo Tabanera), where satellites are being developed and operated for CONAE, is located in the suburb of Falda del Carmen. The software and electronic industries are advancing and becoming significant exporters; among the leading local employers in the sector are Motorola, Vates, Intel, Electronic Data Systems, and Santex América.

The city also has a service-based economy focused on retail, professional services and financial services, where the main local player is credit card provider Tarjeta Naranja. It has recently emerged as a start-up hub with a growing number of angel investors, in part due to the availability of people with technology-oriented skills.

High-speed rail project The Argentine government had projected to build a high-speed train between Buenos Aires-Rosario-Córdoba. It would eventually join Córdoba and Buenos Aires, with an intermediate stop in Rosario, in about 3 hours at speeds of up to 350 km/h (220 mph). Originally scheduled to be started in 2008, with its inauguration in 2010, the project was finally dismissed in December 2012. The total cost of the rail had been estimated at US$4,000,000,000. French company Alstom, that had won the tender to build high-speed rail, admitted to have paid bribes to the Argentine authorities.

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Córdoba is rated Sufficiency by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC) which evaluates and ranks the relationships between world cities in the context of globalisation. Sufficiency level cities are cities that have a sufficient degree of services so as not to be overly dependent on world cities.

Córdoba is rated D by the Global Urban Competitiveness Report (GUCR) which evaluates and ranks world cities in the context of economic competitiveness. D cities are regional hub cities. Córdoba has a population of over 1,414,201 people. Córdoba also forms the centre of the wider Córdoba province which has a population of over 3,308,876 people. Córdoba is ranked #297 for startups with a score of 0.989.

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Twin Towns, Sister Cities Córdoba has links with:

🇨🇳 Banan, China 🇧🇷 Campinas, Brazil 🇨🇳 Chongqing, China 🇪🇸 Ciutadella de Menorca, Spain 🇧🇴 Cochabamba, Bolivia 🇨🇱 Copiapó, Chile 🇨🇴 Córdoba, Colombia 🇨🇴 Córdoba, Colombia 🇨🇴 Córdoba, Colombia 🇲🇽 Córdoba, Mexico 🇪🇸 Córdoba, Spain 🇧🇷 Florianópolis, Brazil 🇦🇲 Gyumri, Armenia 🇷🇺 Izhevsk, Russia 🇵🇪 Juanjuí, Perú 🇪🇸 León, Spain 🇪🇸 Marín, Spain 🇺🇾 Montevideo, Uruguay 🇧🇷 Natal, Brazil 🇧🇴 Santa Cruz, Bolivia 🇧🇴 Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia 🇧🇷 São José, Brazil 🇪🇸 Seville, Spain 🇮🇹 Trieste, Italy 🇮🇹 Turin, Italy 🇪🇸 Valladolid, Spain 🇨🇱 Valparaíso, Chile 🇨🇳 Wuhan, China 🇨🇳 Xi'an, China 🇪🇸 Zaragoza, Spain

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Antipodal to Córdoba is: 115.815,31.392

Locations Near: Córdoba -64.1848,-31.3918

🇦🇷 Cosquín -64.45,-31.233 d: 30.7  

🇦🇷 Villa Carlos Paz -64.517,-31.4 d: 31.5  

🇦🇷 Jesús María -64.1,-30.983 d: 46.1  

🇦🇷 Oliva -63.567,-32.033 d: 92.2  

🇦🇷 Villa María -63.267,-32.583 d: 158.3  

🇦🇷 Río Cuarto -64.35,-33.133 d: 194.3  

🇦🇷 Bell Ville -62.683,-32.633 d: 197.7  

🇦🇷 Sastre -61.833,-31.75 d: 226.3  

🇦🇷 Marcos Juárez -62.1,-32.7 d: 244.5  

🇦🇷 Rafaela -61.483,-31.267 d: 257  

Antipodal to: Córdoba 115.815,31.392

🇨🇳 Lu'an 116.52,31.736 d: 19938.1  

🇨🇳 Qichun 115.437,30.226 d: 19880.5  

🇨🇳 Huanggang 114.872,30.454 d: 19877.3  

🇨🇳 Huangzhou 114.879,30.434 d: 19876.1  

🇨🇳 Huangshi 115.085,30.213 d: 19866.6  

🇨🇳 Ezhou 114.833,30.4 d: 19870.4  

🇨🇳 Fuyang 115.814,32.89 d: 19848.5  

🇨🇳 Hefei 117.281,31.864 d: 19866.7  

🇨🇳 Anqing 117.115,30.532 d: 19858.5  

🇨🇳 Huainan 117.019,32.631 d: 19836.5  

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