Las Heras is a

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located in the north west of

Mendoza Province Mendoza, officially Province of Mendoza, is a province of Argentina, in the western central part of the country in the Cuyo region. It borders San Juan to the north, La Pampa and Neuquén to the south, San Luis to the east, and the republic o ...

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. The provincial subdivision has a population of about 183,000 inhabitants in an area of , and its capital city is Las Heras, which is located around from the

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. The province's international airport,

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is located within this subdivision.

Name

The Partido and its capital are named after General Juan Gregorio de las Heras (1780-1866), a military leader during the

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Districts

* Cieneguita *

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* El Borbollón *

El Challao Las Heras is a Departments of Argentina, department located in the north west of Mendoza Province in Argentina. The provincial subdivision has a population of about 183,000 inhabitants in an area of , and its capital city is Las Heras, Mendoza, ...

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* El Zapallar * Las Cuevas * Las Heras * Panquehua *

Punta de Vacas Punta De Vacas, meaning "cows point", is a Hamlet (place), hamlet in Mendoza Province, Argentina between Mendoza, Argentina, Mendoza and Puente del Inca, not far from the border with Chile. The city was once served by the now disused Transandine Ra ...

Uspallata Uspallata is a village and administrative district in Argentina, in a scenic location on the road that crosses the Andes between Mendoza and Santiago in Chile. It is located west of Mendoza and was once served by the now disused Transandine R ...

Geography

The mountains of the

Andes The Andes, Andes Mountains or Andean Mountains (; ) are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America. The range is long, wide (widest between 18°S – 20°S ...

act as a natural border between Argentina and

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, the mountain range forms much of the western part of the department of Las heras. Mount Aconcagua is located in Las Heras Department, at 6,962 metres above sea level it holds many records, including: * The highest mountain in

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. * The Highest Mountain in all of the Americas. * The highest mountain in the Southern Hemisphere. * The highest mountain outside of the continent of

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. The people of Las Heras are proud to have such an important mountain in their department, and as one of the

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it brings a great number of mountaineers and sightseers to the region.

External links

Municipal Site
(Spanish) 1871 establishments in Argentina Departments of Mendoza Province {{MendozaAR-geo-stub