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San Luis () is a
Since the return of Argentina to democratic rule in 1983, in particular, the Rodríguez Saá family (of Grupo Payne
The provincial government is divided into three branches: the executive, headed by a popularly elected governor, who appoints the cabinet; the
Source for department names:
Provincia de San Luis
- Official website (in Spanish)
Argentour: San Luis Province
File:Ruta en Merlo.jpg, Landscape near Merlo.
File:Avenida Parque Gobernador Santos Ortiz hacia el Oeste.jpg, Expressway south of the city of San Luis. The province's highway network is among the most developed in Argentina.
File:Lago Potrero de los Funes.jpg, Lake Potrero de los Funes
File:Sierra_de_las_Quijadas,_San_Luis.jpg, Canyon in the Sierra de las Quijadas.
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States and territories established in 1820
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, Córdoba, La Pampa, Mendoza and San Juan.
History
The city of San Luis was founded in 1594 by Luis Jufré de Loaysa y Meneses, but was subsequently abandoned. It was refounded byMartín García Óñez de Loyola
Don Martín García Óñez de Loyola (1549 in Azpeitia, Gipuzkoa – December 24, 1598 at Curalaba) was a Spanish Basque soldier and Royal Governor of the Captaincy General of Chile. Very likely Ignatius of Loyola, the founder of the Society ...
in 1596 under the name ''San Luis de Loyola''.
Since the return of Argentina to democratic rule in 1983, in particular, the Rodríguez Saá family (of Peronist
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affiliation) has occupied the governor's seat. Governor (now Senator) Adolfo Rodríguez Saá
Adolfo Rodríguez Saá (born 25 July 1947) is an Argentine Peronist politician. Born in a family that was highly influential in the history of the San Luis Province, he became the province's governor in 1983, after the end of the National Reorg ...
has overseen investment by light manufacturers (mostly food-processors and bottling plants) and advances like the construction of Argentina's most extensive expressway network.Economy
San Luis' economy has, over the past generation, been among the most improved in Argentina. Its 2006 output, estimated at US$3.386 billion, yielded a per capita income of US$9,203 (somewhat above the national average).Demographics
Historical evolution of the population of the province:Government
The provincial government is divided into three branches: the executive, headed by a popularly elected governor, who appoints the cabinet; the legislative
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; and the judiciary
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, headed by the Supreme Court.
Political division
The province is divided into nine departments (''departamentos'').
Source for department names:
Villages
* DesaguaderoReferences
External links
*Provincia de San Luis
- Official website (in Spanish)
Argentour: San Luis Province