San Rafael is one of the
departments 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 ...
,
Argentina
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. The seat of the department is in the city of
San Rafael.
Statistics
*Geographical location: 34° 15´ to 36° southern latitude and 70° 10´ to 66° 55´ eastern longitude.
*Area: 31,235 km² (20.82% of the provincial area)
*Extension: 204 km from north to south. 298 km from east to west
*Altitude: 750 m above sea level.
Neighboring departments
*North:
San Carlos Department,
Santa Rosa Department, Mendoza
Santa Rosa is a Departments of Argentina, department located in the centre of Mendoza Province in Argentina.
The provincial subdivision has a population of about 16,000 inhabitants in an area of , and its capital city is Santa Rosa, Mendoza, S ...
and
La Paz Department, Mendoza
La Paz is an eastern department of Mendoza Province in Argentina.
The provincial subdivision has a population of about 9,500 inhabitants in an area of , and its capital city is La Paz
La Paz (), officially known as Nuestra Señora de La ...
*East:
San Luis Province
San Luis () is a 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, Córdoba, La Pampa, Mendoza and San Juan.
History
The cit ...
and
General Alvear Department
*South:
La Pampa Province and
Malargüe Department
*West:
Chile
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.
Administration
The department is subdivided in 18
district
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s: Ciudad,
El Cerrito, Cuadro Nacional,
Las Malvinas District, El Sosneado (added in 2005, it used to belong to Cuadro Benegas, but then it was added as a district), Las Paredes, La Llave, Cuadro Benegas, Cuadro Nacional, Cañada Seca, Goudge, Jaime Prats,
Monte Comán, Rama Caída,
Real del Padre,
Punta del Agua, Villa Atuel and Villa 25 de Mayo.
External links
Site of San Rafael government (In Spanish)Guide to the city of San Rafael (In Spanish)
Departments of Mendoza Province
States and territories established in 1805
Wine regions of Argentina
1805 establishments in the Spanish Empire
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