Villa Nueva is a small
city
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located in the central part of the
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 ...
. It is the capital of the
Guaymallén Department
Guaymallén is a central department of Mendoza Province in Argentina.
The provincial subdivision has a population of about 250,000 inhabitants in an area of , and its capital city is Villa Nueva, which is located around from Buenos Aires
...
as well as one of its 20 districts. It constitutes together with other cities the first
metropolitan area
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of the
province
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and the fourth of
Argentina
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, called
Greater Mendoza
Gran Mendoza (Greater Mendoza) is the name given to the large urban conurbation around the city of Mendoza in Argentina
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.
External links
Municipal Site
Populated places in Mendoza Province
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