San Rafael is one of the
departments of
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 ...
,
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 km
2 (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 and
La Paz Department, Mendoza
*East:
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 ...
and
General Alvear Department
*South:
La Pampa Province
La Pampa () is a sparsely populated province of Argentina, located in the Pampas in the center of the country. Neighboring provinces are from the north clockwise San Luis, Córdoba, Buenos Aires, Río Negro, Neuquén and Mendoza.
History
In ...
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, 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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