Godoy Cruz is a city in the

province A province is an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman , which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire, Roman Empire's territorial possessions ou ...

of Mendoza, Argentina. It has 183,000 inhabitants as per the , and is part of the

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of the provincial capital ( Mendoza).

History

Godoy Cruz was initially known as ''Villa de San Vicente'' (since 1872) and then as ''Villa Belgrano'' (1889). On 9 February 1909 it received city status and its current name, in homage to Dr. Tomás Godoy Cruz, who represented the province of Mendoza in the

Congress of Tucumán The Congress of Tucumán was the representative assembly, initially meeting in San Miguel de Tucumán, that declared the independence of the United Provinces of South America (modern-day Argentina, Uruguay, part of Bolivia) on July 9, 1816, ...

and was also a provincial governor and legislator.

Sport

Godoy Cruz is home to Godoy Cruz Antonio Tomba, a football club which plays in the

Argentine Primera División The Primera División (; ), known officially as Liga Profesional de Fútbol, or Torneo Betano for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Argentina and the highest level of the Argentine football league system. Organ ...

. The city is also home to Andes Talleres Sport Club, which competes the Argentine Regional Tournament. The two teams compete in the "Clásico Mendocino" (the "Mendocino Derby"), however, it has not been contested competitively since 1993 due to the teams playing in different divisions. Famous Sportspeople include

Carlos Maslup Carlos Raul Maslup (9 January 1959 – 23 August 2007) was an Argentine para table tennis player who competed in international elite competitions. He was a Pan American singles' champion, Parapan American Games bronze medalist in the men's single ...

References

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Municipality of Godoy Cruz
— Official website.

— Godoy Cruz: general and touristic information. Populated places in Mendoza Province Cities in Argentina {{MendozaAR-geo-stub