Maipú Department is a department and municipality located in the north west of
Mendoza Province
Mendoza (), officially the 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 r ...
in
Argentina
Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourt ...
.
The department covers and a population of 153,600 (); its capital is
Maipú.
The department was created in 1858 and named in memory of the
Battle of Maipú
The Battle of Maipú () was fought near Santiago, Chile on 5 April 1818, between South American rebels and Spanish royalists, during the Chilean War of Independence. The Patriot rebels led by Argentine general José de San Martín effectively de ...
, which took place in
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes, Andes Mountains and the Paci ...
, 1818 during the South American Wars of Independence.
Districts
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Maipú
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Coquimbito
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Cruz de Piedra
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Fray Luis Beltrán
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General Gutiérrez
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General Ortega
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Las Barrancas
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Lunlunta
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Luzuriaga
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Rodeo del Medio
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Russell
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San Roque
Sport
Maipú is home to
Deportivo Maipú
Club Deportivo Maipú, mostly known as Deportivo Maipú is an Argentine football club
In association football, a football club (or association football club, alternatively soccer club) is a sports club that acts as an entity through which ass ...
, a
football
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club that play in the regionalised
3rd Division.
See also
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Mendoza wine
Mendoza Province is Argentina's most important wine region, accounting for nearly two-thirds of the country's entire wine production. Located in the eastern foothills of the Andes, in the shadow of Aconcagua, vineyards are planted at some of th ...
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Independence of Chile
The Chilean War of Independence ( Spanish: ''Guerra de la Independencia de Chile'', 'War of Independence of Chile') was a military and political event that allowed the emancipation of Chile from the Spanish Monarchy, ending the colonial period ...
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Independence of Argentina
The Independence of the Argentine Republic (or ''La Independencia de Argentina'' in spanish) was declared on July 9, 1816, by the Congress of Tucumán. In reality, the congressmen who were assembled in Tucumán declared the independence ...
External links
Municipal website(Spanish)
Club Deportivo Maipú(Spanish)
Wine regions of Argentina
Departments of Mendoza Province
1858 establishments in Argentina
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