Las Heras is a city in the
province
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of
Mendoza, Argentina, located in the north of the
metropolitan area
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of the provincial capital (Greater
Mendoza). It has more than 180,000 inhabitants as per the and is the head town of the department of the same name.
Las Heras borders Mendoza City to the north, with San Martín Avenue serving as a major connecting road between the two. The area includes the low mountain range of El Challao, home to
hot spring
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s.
The name of the city is an homage to General
Juan Gregorio de las Heras, hero of the
Argentine War of Independence
The Argentine War of Independence () was a secessionist civil war (until 1816) fought from 1810 to 1818 by Argentine patriotic forces under Manuel Belgrano, Juan José Castelli, Martín Miguel de Güemes, Martin Miguel de Guemes and José de ...
.
Las Heras was heavily damaged in the
1927 Mendoza earthquake.
References
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Municipality of Las Heras— Official website.
Populated places in Mendoza Province
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