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Department of San Carlos
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*General
Information
*Tourist Attractions
*Parties and Celebrations
*History Review
*Distances
*Flora and Fauna
*Hydrography
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General Information:
Area………..........….. 11.578 km2
Population…….……..…28.341 habitantes
Density……..………..….2.40 hab./km2 |
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The Department of San Carlos is located in the centre west of
the Mendoza province, 106 kilometres from the Capital City. It
is divided into five districts: San Carlos (head city), Eugenio
Bustos, Chilecito, La Consulta and Pareditas. It also holds the
important villages of Cápiz, Calise, Casas Viejas, Tres
Esquinas, Paso de Las Carretas, El Cepillo, Villa Chacon and El
Capacho.
It is bordered in the north-west and north by Tunuyán and
Rivadavia, in the south
 by
San Rafael, in the east by Santa Rosa and in the west by the
Republic of Chile.
Alongside, Tunuyán and Tupungato, form the region known as Valle
de Uco or Depresión de los Huarpes.
Its semi-arid climate with extreme temperatures both in the
winter and summer, with warm days and cold nights during the
spring and autumn, is determined among other factors, by low
rainfall – 300 millimetres annually – predominantly in the
spring and summer.
San Carlos presents high mountains in the west (Main Range and
Front Range), plains or central depression (Depresión de los
Huarpes) where the main urban centres are located and eastward
Huayquerías (high plains) and the Llanura de la Travesía (basin
cover with sediment where there are groups of dunes).
Its economy is based on tourism and agro-industrial activities,
the winemaking, with internationally renowned wines produced in
the area, the quality apple production and aromatic herbs for
export should be emphasised.
Its population is well informed and aware of the activity which
not only pollutes but also dries water resources and diminishes
national metal, has taken preventive measures against mining.
Activity already done in other parts of Argentina by companies
interested in settling up in San Carlos. The population nowadays
has the protection of provincial laws and municipal policies
that protect the natural resource and the community water,
defending the current and future quality of life.
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