Tunuyán Department

Tunuyan
Location of Tunuyán in Mendoza (Argentina)
Data
Capital	Tunuyan
population	42,125 (2001, INDEC)
surface	3,317 km²
Population density	12.7 inhabitants / km²

The Tunuyán Department is located in the west of the Mendoza Province in western Argentina and is one of 18 administrative units in the province.

It borders the Tupungato Department in the north, the San Carlos Department in the east and south, and Chile in the west .

The capital of the department Tunuyán is the same Tunuyán . It is located 1,175 km from Buenos Aires.

population

According to INDEC estimates, the population increased from 42,125 inhabitants (2001) to 44,048 inhabitants in 2005.

Districts

The Tunuyán Department is divided into the following districts:

• Campo de los Andes
• Colonia Las Rosas
• El Algarrobo
• El Totoral
• La Primavera
• Las Pintadas
• Los Árboles
• Los Chacales
• Los sauces
• Tunuyan
• Villa Seca
• Vista Flores

Web links

• Tunuyán Portal (Spanish)

Coordinates: 33 ° 36 ′  S , 69 ° 12 ′  W