General Alvear is the head city of the
General Alvear Department, Mendoza in
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.
Founded on August 12, 1914, it currently has a population of 29,909 (), and its
UN/LOCODE
UN/LOCODE, the United Nations Code for Trade and Transport Locations, is a geographic coding scheme developed and maintained by United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). UN/LOCODE assigns codes to locations used in trade and transpor ...
is ARGVA.
It should not be confused with the
General Alvear in
Buenos Aires Province.
Name
The city is named after General
Carlos María de Alvear
Carlos María de Alvear (October 25, 1789 in Santo Ángel, Rio Grande do Sul – November 3, 1852 in New York), was an Argentine soldier and statesman, Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata in 1815.
Early life
H ...
(1789-1852)
Notable people
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Evelia Edith Oyhenart (1955-2021), anthropologist
External links
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General Alvear portal
General Alvear .Mendoza.
Populated places in Mendoza Province
Populated places established in 1914
1914 establishments in Argentina
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