San José de Jáchal (, often shortened to Jáchal) is a city in the northeast of 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
San Juan San Juan, Spanish for Saint John (disambiguation), Saint John, most commonly refers to:
* San Juan, Puerto Rico
* San Juan, Argentina
* San Juan, Metro Manila, a highly urbanized city in the Philippines
San Juan may also refer to:
Places Arge ...
, Argentina, located on
National Route 40, south of the
Jáchal River
The Jáchal River is a river in the province of San Juan, Argentina. It is part of the Desaguadero River basin, and one of the most important permanent watercourses in the province, with an average flow of . It is born from the confluence of th ...
. It has 21,018 inhabitants per the , and is the head town of the
Jáchal Department
Jáchal is a department of the province of San Juan Province (Argentina), San Juan (Argentina). It is located north of the same by making, characterized by its first level agricultural production, which emphasizes the planting of onion. The city i ...
.
History
San José de Jáchal was founded on 25 June 1751 by the field master
Juan de Echegaray, by the order of the Board of Populations of the Kingdom of Chile. That same month, through an interesting ceremony, the Villa de San José de Jáchal, forty leagues north of San Juan de la Frontera, was born to civilian and political life.
Geography
Climate
References
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Populated places in San Juan Province, Argentina
Cities in Argentina
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