San Luis () is the capital city of
San Luis Province
San Luis () is a Provinces of Argentina, province of Argentina located near the geographical center of the country (on the 32° South parallel). Neighboring provinces are, from the north clockwise, La Rioja Province (Argentina), La Rioja, Córdo ...
in the
Cuyo region of
Argentina
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. It is also the seat of the
Juan Martín de Pueyrredón Department.
City information
Points of interest in the city include the Park of the Nations, the neoclassical cathedral, a number of museums, including the Dora Ochoa De Masramón Provincial Museum, and examples of colonial architecture. A number of landmarks honour the
Argentine War of Independence, as well. Independence Park features an equestrian monument to General
José de San Martín, liberator of Argentina,
Chile
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and
Peru
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. Nearby Pringles Plaza honours Colonel
Juan Pascual Pringles, one of San Martín's chief adjutants and, briefly, Governor of San Luis Province.
Fishing in the nearby
Lake Potrero de los Funes, and other locations, is also popular. The
Sierra de las Quijadas National Park is located from the city.
Solar Power
Located just outside the city is the Solar power park Caldenes del Oeste.
Transport
National Route 7 connects San Luis to
Mendoza, to the west, and
Buenos Aires
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, to the east.
San Luis Airport is located less than north of the city centre, and has regular flights to Buenos Aires.
History
San Luis was founded on August 25, 1594, by
Luis Jufré de Loaysa y Meneses. The settlement was later abandoned, and was reestablished in 1632 by
Martín García Oñez de Loyola as ''San Luis de Loyola Nueva Medina de Río Seco''.
By the end of the 19th century, San Luis had 7,000 inhabitants, and in 1882 the
Argentine Great Western Railway reached the city on its way to Chile. The following year, work began on the cathedral. The Governor's Executive Building, designed in
French renaissance architecture, was completed in 1911. The city's population reached 40,000 in 1960, and grew rapidly afterwards, when light industry and growing numbers of retirees began to migrate to the area; at the , its population was 153,322.
Because the city is located at the part of the Sierras Grandes known as ''Punta de los Venados'' (Deer Point), the inhabitants of the city are called ''puntanos''.
Geography
San Luis lies at the foot of the
Sierras Grandes, along the northern bank of the Chorrillos River, and is set on a
dry pampas plateau, around above sea level.
Climate
San Luis has a
humid subtropical climate
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(''Cwa'', according to the
Köppen climate classification
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) and it closely borders a
semi-arid climate (''BSk''). Summers are hot and humid, and winters are cool and dry, with temperatures falling below sometimes and
snow
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It consists of frozen crystalline water througho ...
falls can occur occasionally. The hottest month, January, has an average temperature of , and the coldest month, July, has an average of . The annual average temperature is .
Gallery
File:Municipalidad de San Luis.JPG, City Hall
File:Andén de la ex-estación de trenes de San Luis.jpg, Former railway station (1907), today a cultural centre
File:Colegio Nacional de San Luis (19403983300).jpg, San Luis National College
File:Plaza Pringles, San Luis.jpg, Plaza Pringles
Notable people
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Justo Daract (1804–1887), politician
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Leandro Despouy (1947–2019), human rights lawyer
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Rafael Echenique (born 1980), golfer
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Matías Escudero (born 1988), association football player
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Mauro Aguirre (born 1990), footballer
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Juan Amieva (born 1988), footballer
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Norma Argentina (born 1948), actress
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Manuel Baigorria (1809–1875), military person
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Marcos Benavídez (born 1993), footballer
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Maximiliano Bustos (born 1982), footballer
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Daniel Garro (born 1990), footballer
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Emanuel Guevara (born 1989), racing cyclist
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Alfredo Lucero (born 1979), racing cyclist
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Pablo Lucero (1800-1856), military person
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Maximiliano Meza (born 1997), footballer
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Enzo Moyano (born 1989), racing cyclist
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Juan Nellar (born 1994), footballer
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Pedro Ojeda (born 1972), footballer
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Pablo Oro (born 2002), footballer
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Ezequiel Parnisari (born 1990), footballer
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Ada Italia Pastore (1906–1952), botanist
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Matías Alejandro Quiroga (born 1986), footballer
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Mario Saccone (born 1970), footballer
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Miguel Ángel Zavala Ortiz (1905–1982), lawyer and diplomat
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Francis Ricardo Ferrero Fidalgo (born 1972), footballer
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Marcelo Freites (born 1998), footballer
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Juan Gilberto Funes Baldovino (1963–1992), footballer
References
Notes
External links
San Luis Municipality Official Website(Spanish)
Official Website of the local government(Spanish)
Information on the website Argentina.gob(Spanish)
(English)
''El Chorrillero'', local digital newspaper(Spanish)
{{Authority control
Populated places in San Luis Province
Capitals of Argentine provinces
Populated places established in 1594
Cities in Argentina