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village

Established	1902
Website	www.papagayos.gov.ar

Papagayos is a special village located in the Chacabuco Department of San Luis Province, Argentina. It sits right at the foot of the amazing Comechingones Mountains. This village is famous for its unique landscape, which is full of tall caranday palm trees.

Papagayos shares its borders with other towns. To the north, you'll find Villa Larca. To the west is Tilisarao, and to the south is Villa del Carmen. The Córdoba Province is located to its east. About 750 people call Papagayos home. The weather here is mostly dry, but it gets a bit of rain during the summer months.

How Papagayos Got Its Name

There are two main ideas about how Papagayos got its name. Some people believe the name comes from papa-gallo. This was the name that native people gave to a wild plant that had medicinal uses.

Another idea suggests that early colonists might have gotten confused. They saw a type of bird called the burrowing parakeet (Cyanoliseus patagonus) in the area. They might have mistakenly called these birds "papagayos," and the name stuck for the village.