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The Department of Tupungato
*General Information
*Tourist Attractions
*Parties and Celebrations
*History Review
*Distances
*Flora and Fauna
*Hydrography
*Museums
General Information:
Area……........…..….. 2.485 km2
Population……..…...…28.539 habitantes
Density...………….…..11.50 hab./km2 |
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The Department
of Tupungato is located in the central western portion of the
Mendoza Province, 78 kilometres from the Capital City. It is
also part of the Uco Valley, along with the Departments of
Tunuyán and San Carlos. Bordered in the west and north by the
Department of Lujan de Cuyo, in the east by the Department of
Rivadavia, in the south and west by the Department of Tunuyán,
and it is also bordered in the west by the Republic of Chile. It
is
 divided
into thirteen districts: Ciudad (head village), Anchoris, Cordón
del Plata, El Peral, El Zampal, El Zampalito, Gualtallary, La
Arboleda, La Carrera, San José, Santa Clara, Villa Bastías and
Zapata. Among them the oldest is La Arboleda, which once was the
first settling place for political delegates. The name Tupungato
has several meanings, but the most popular is "Viewpoint for the
stars." The topography is formed by the Cordillera de Los Andes,
the Front-and Main mountain ranges, the foothills and the
alluvial plain. There should be highlighted the Tupungato
Volcano with 6800 metres, which was newly formed, in the
Cenozoic era, Tertiary period.
The fauna of Tupungato is determined by the arid climate and
altitude, and is represented by guanacos, rheas (popularly known
as choique), varieties of ducks, herons, partridges, martinetas,
tunduques, lizards, snakes, weasels, foxes, mountain lions,
among others. Within the group of birds there are condors,
eagles, chimangos, chiriguas
doradas, and chingola, and among the fish that abound in rivers
and streams, the trout should be highlighted. In addition, there
are other species introduced by man to satisfy their needs for
food and transportation such as cattle, sheep, horses, mules and
goats. On the other hand, the flora is represented by
xerophilous vegetation, which grows in low altitude with highly
developed and extensive roots to search for water, leaves
replaced by fleshy thorns and stems to accumulate great amounts
of water. Such vegetables use the summer rains for the growing
and reproductive processes.
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