Rawson is a central department of San Juan Province in Argentina. The provincial subdivision has a population of about 107,000 inhabitants in an area of , and its capital city is Villa Krause, which is located around from Capital Federal.

Geography

Rawson is located in south central province of San Juan, at to the south of the City of San Juan and has an area of . Its boundaries are: * To the north with the departments of Santa Lucía, and Capital Rivadavia * To the south with: Pocito and

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* To the east of the Pocito * In west July 9 and May 25 It has an area of , of which 35% is for the

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, whose header was Villa Krause and the rest to

rural In general, a rural area or a countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities. Typical rural areas have a low population density and small settlements. Agricultural areas and areas with forestry are typically desc ...

and semi-rural area, which covers the southeast and southwest fringe of the Department Presents a relief little bumpy, almost flat with a slight decline eastwards. The climate is mild with average temperatures of in summer and in the winter, albeit with broad thermal daily. Few with an average annual rainfall of . The suitability of its soil has enabled the development of high-productivity agriculture, the main economic activity, which is facilitated by a network of irrigation canals by driving water from the San Juan River. Irrigation is supplemented by groundwater, which are extracted by wells electrified. In rural areas are also used wells springs.

Economy

In the department Rawson dominated the

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, one of lasmás intense in the province after intense department Capital. It also highlights an

intensive farming Intensive agriculture, also known as intensive farming (as opposed to extensive farming), conventional, or industrial agriculture, is a type of agriculture, both of arable farming, crop plants and of Animal husbandry, animals, with higher levels ...

mainly in the district of Médano Gold, which highlights planting

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, onions,

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, plum and in the western department of numerous plantations

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. Also several hectares has been earmarked for the production

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and

forestry Forestry is the science and craft of creating, managing, planting, using, conserving and repairing forests and woodlands for associated resources for human and Natural environment, environmental benefits. Forestry is practiced in plantations and ...

. The Department has a Market Hub Fruits and vegetables (rather than marketing of fruit and vegetables), which is the largest in the province, the market has refrigerators and a cooperative packages and garlic exports, which makes a heavy trade in local production and National. With regard to industry is also intense and there are a large number of factories among the most prominent is "Fruits of Cuyo" where are manufactured preserved fruits and vegetables and also highlights several of the access route south {{Departments San Juan Departments of San Juan Province, Argentina