San Juan Province

San Juan

Basic data
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Capital:	San Juan
Surface:  - Total  share in Argentina	Rank 15 of 24 89,651 km² 3.24%
Population :  - Total 2010  - density	Rank 13 of 24 681,055 inhabitants 7.6 inhabitants / km²
ISO 3166-2 code:	AR-J
politics
Region :	Region del Nuevo Cuyo
Structure:	19 departments
Gobernador:	Sergio Uñac
Website of the Province of San Juan

San Juan is a province in western Argentina . The province is surrounded by the provinces of La Rioja in the north, San Luis in the southeast and Mendoza in the south. In addition, San Juan borders Chile in the west .

Geography and climate

Climate diagram

The province is crossed by two striking mountain ranges: the Andes in the west and the Sierra de Valle Fértil , which belongs to the Sierras Pampeanas , in the east. The highest point is the Mercedario with 6770 m, which is one of the highest mountains in America.

The vegetation largely corresponds to that of Monte , a steppe-like bush landscape with a few smaller desert areas. Important rivers are the Río Salado del Oeste in the east, which takes the two names Río Bermejo and Río Desaguadero in the province , the Río Jáchal in the north and the Río San Juan in the south.

The climate is temperate, with hot summers (an average of 22 to 27 ° C depending on the altitude) and cool winters (6 to 10 ° C). The amount of precipitation is low and concentrated in the summer months, between 100 mm in the west and 200 mm in the east. The temperature fluctuations between day and night are considerable because of the dry air and are usually above 20 ° C.

population

Because of the dry, steppe-like character of the greater part of the province, the majority of the population lives concentrated in a few oasis valleys. Over 80% live in Gran San Juan (approx. 450,000 inhabitants), the greater area around San Juan , which is located in the oasis of Tulum . Other important cities are Caucete in the east of the province (38,000 inhabitants) and San José de Jáchal (11,000 inhabitants) in the north.

The indigenous indigenous population ( Huarpes ) is numerically very small, their culture and language are considered to be almost extinct. According to the 2001 census, there are still 13,838 huarpes that can be found in San Juan, Mendoza, San Luis and Buenos Aires .

Administrative division

The province of San Juan is divided into 19 departments. Departments and municipalities (municipios) are territorially identical.

Political and administrative division of the province of San Juan

Department	Capital	Area in km²	Population (2010)
Albardón	General San Martín Villa	00.945	023,888
Angaco	El Salvador	01,865	008,125
Calingasta	Tamberías	22,589	008,588
Capital	San Juan	00.030th	109.123
Caucete	Caucete	07.502	038,343
Chimbas	Chimbas	00.062	087,258
Iglesia	rodeo	19,801	009,099
Jáchal	San José de Jáchal	14,749	021,730
Nueve de Julio	9 de Julio	00.185	009,307
Pocito	Villa Aberastain	00.515	053,162
Rawson	Villa Krause	00.300	114,368
Rivadavia	Rivadavia	00.157	082,641
San Martín	San Isidro	00.435	011,115
Santa Lucía	Santa Lucía	00.045	048,087
Sarmiento	Villa Media Agua	02,782	022,131
Ullum	Villa Ibáñez	04,391	004,886
Valle Fértil	Villa San Agustin	06,419	007,222
Veinticinco de Mayo	Villa Santa Rosa	04,519	017,119
Zonda	Villa Basilio Nievas	02,360	004,863

tourism

The province is still very little affected by tourism . Of particular interest is the Natural Park Ischigualasto , also known as the Valle de la Luna, which the World Heritage of UNESCO heard and has several strange rock formations. Other tourist locations are Barreal in the Andes, in the vicinity of which there is also the northernmost ski area in Argentina, and Villa San Agustín in the eastern Sierren. Besides Ischigualasto there are two other national parks in the province: El Leoncito in the south and San Guillermo in the north.

Web links

Commons : San Juan  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Coordinates: 31 ° 0 ′  S , 69 ° 0 ′  W