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San Luis is a city in the Cuyo region of Argentina, and the capital of San Luis Province, at the feet of the Sierras Grandes, on the Río Chorrillos River. The city, located 762 meters above the sea level, has a population of 153,322 (2001 census [INDEC]), and its current mayor is Alfonso Vergés. Cuyo is the name given to the wine-producing, mountainous area of north-west Argentina, comprising the provinces of San Juan, San Luis and Mendoza. ...
San Luis is a province of Argentina located near the geographical center of the country (on the 32º South parallel). ...
Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ...
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National Statistics and Censuses Institute (Spanish: Instituto Nacional de EstadÃstica y Censos, INDEC) is the Argentine government agency responsible for the collection and processing of statistical data. ...
Information about the City
Average temperature throughout the year The city lies on the National Route Number 7 that connects Mendoza (255 km) with Buenos Aires (791 km), parallel to the Río Chorrillos River. The other closest provincial capitals are San Juan (323 km) and Córdoba (412 km). Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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Monument dedicated to the Army of the Andes, on the summit of the Cerro de la Gloria. ...
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Córdoba is a city located near the geographical center of Argentina, in the foothills of the Sierras Chicas mountains on the SuquÃa River, about 700 km west-northwest from Buenos Aires. ...
Interesting point of the city are the Park of the Nations, the neoclassical cathedral, a number of museums including the Dora Ochoa De Masramón Provincial Museum, and the colonial architecture. Fishing in the nearby locations is also popular. The Sierra de las Quijadas National Park is located 122 kilometres from the city.
The city's climate is continental with temperatures around 3ºC and 33ºC, an annual average of 17ºC. Regions containing a continental climate exist in portions of Northern Hemisphere continents, and also at higher elevations in certain other parts of the world. ...
The San Luis Airport (IATA: LUQ, ICAO: SAQU) at coordinates 33°16′38″S, 66°21′09″W is only a few hundred meters from the centre, has regular flight to Buenos Aires. An IATA airport code, also known an IATA location identifier, IATA station code or simply a location identifier [1], is a three-letter code designating many airports around the world, defined by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). ...
The ICAO (IPA pronunciation: ) airport code or location indicator is a four-letter alphanumeric code designating each airport around the world. ...
For other uses, see Buenos Aires (disambiguation). ...
History San Luis was founded in the August 25, 1594 by Luis Jufré de Loaysa y Meneses to be later abandoned, and then again in 1632 by Martín García Oñez de Loyola as San Luis de Loyola Nueva Medina de Río Seco. is the 237th day of the year (238th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Events February 27 - Henry IV is crowned King of France at Rheims. ...
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Martin Garcia Oñez de Loyola, gobernador de Chile Don MartÃn GarcÃa Óñez de Loyola (b. ...
By the end of the 19th century the city had only 7,000 inhabitants. Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Because the city is located at the part of the Sierras Grandes known as Punta de los Venados, the inhabitants of the city are called puntanos.
External links - Official Site (Spanish)
- Municipal information — Municipal Affairs Federal Institute (IFAM), Municipal Affairs Secretariat, Ministry of Interior, Argentina.
- City info (English)
- City History (Spanish)
- CuyoNoticias digital newspaper (Spanish-English)
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