San Rafael (Mendoza)

San Rafael is one of the departments of the Mendoza province, Argentina.

It is 240 km southeast of Mendoza Capital. It is the 2nd city of the province.

• Official Name: San Rafael
• Geographical location: 34º 15´ to 36º southern latitude and 70º 10´ to 66º 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.
• Population: 173.571 hab (National Census 2001)
• Density: 5.6 hab/ km²

Neighboring departments

• North: San Carlos department, Santa Rosa and La Paz.
• East: San Luis province and General Alvear department.
• South: La Pampa province and Malargüe department.
• West: Chile.

Administration

The departament is subdivided in 17 districts: Ciudad, El Cerrito, Cuadro Nacional, Las Malvinas, 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)