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San Juan is the capital city of the Argentine province of San Juan in the Cuyo region, located in the Tulúm Valley, west of the San Juan River, at 46 m (151 ft) above mean sea level, with a population of around 112,000 as per the 2001 census [INDEC] (over 450,000 in themetropolitan area). This is a list of cities in Argentina. For a more exhaustive list of cities in a particular province see the main article linked to in each applicable section For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. Regions See also Geography of Argentina The country is also divided into six or seven regions (seven when The Pampas is divided into the Pampas' plains Departments (departamentos form the second level of administrative division in the Provinces of Argentina. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology A telephone numbering plan is a plan for allocating Telephone number ranges to countries regions areas and exchanges and to non-fixed telephone networks General phone calls within Argentina In Argentina, changes were made to area codes in 1999 when the telephone network was split up into three different areas with The Argentine postal code is a system that assigns at least one unique alphanumeric Postal code to each Municipality. ISO 3166-2AR is an ISO standard which defines Geocodes it is the subset of ISO 3166-2 which applies to Argentina. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. Regions See also Geography of Argentina The country is also divided into six or seven regions (seven when The Pampas is divided into the Pampas' plains Cuyo is the name given to the wine-producing mountainous area of central-west Argentina. The San Juan River is together with the Jáchal, the most important river of the Argentine province of San Juan. The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit The term above mean sea level ( AMSL) refers to the Elevation (on the ground or Altitude (in the Air) of any object relative to the Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. A census is the procedure of acquiring information about every member of a given population National Statistics and Censuses Institute ( Spanish: Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos, INDEC is the Argentine government agency responsible A metropolitan area is a large population center consisting of a large Metropolis and its adjacent zone of influence or of more than one closely adjoining neighboring central
It is a modern city with wide streets and well drawn avenues with wide sidewalks and vegetation of different species of trees irrigated by canals, (therefore its nickname oasis town).
It has an important accommodation infrastructure and transportation. Transport or transportation is the movement of people and goods from one place to another It highlights modern buildings and the surroundings, the reservoir and Ullum dam, spas, museums, large plantations of vines, and various types of agriculture, with wine being the most important. Wine is an Alcoholic beverage made from the fermentation of Grape juice
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History and architecture
Before the arrival of the Spanish Conquistadores, the Huarpe Indians inhabited this area. The Spanish colonization of the Americas was Spain 's conquest settlement and rule over much of the Western hemisphere. This article is about the Spanish explorer soldiers of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuriesfor other uses see Conquistador (disambiguation A Conquistador
San Juan de la Frontera was founded on June 13, 1562 by Juan Jufré at the shore of the San Juan River. Events 1525 - Martin Luther marries Katharina von Bora, against the Celibacy rule decreed by the Roman Catholic Church for In 1593 flooding damaged the town, for which reason its setting was moved 2. 5 km South to its current location.
San Juán was a sleepy, provincial town during colonial times (1562-1810) and took practically no part in the internal wars that devastated Argentina in its so-called Organizational Period (1820-1860. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. ) Two of the most prominent members of the 1816 Congress of Tucumán which declared Argentina's independence from Spain, however, came from San Juán: Narciso Fernández de Laprida, who was president of the congress, and San Juan's bishop Friar Justo Santa María de Oro, a Dominican friar and an eloquent speaker whose persuasive oratory was largely responsible for Argentina becoming a republic and not a monarchy like Brazil. Year 1816 ( MDCCCXVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year San Miguel de Tucumán (usually referred to as simply Tucumán) is the largest City in northern Argentina, with a population of 525853 per the. Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Francisco Narciso de Laprida ( October 28, 1786 in San Juan &ndash September 22, 1829) was an Argentine lawyer and politician Justo de Santa María de Oro y Albarracín ( 3 March 1772 &ndash 19 October 1836) was an Argentine statesman and bishop The Order of Preachers ( Latin: Ordo Praedicatorum) after the 15th century more commonly known as the Dominican Order or Dominicans, is A Friar is a member of one of the Mendicant orders. Friars and monks Friars differ from Monks in that they are called to a life of poverty in service A monarchy is a Form of government in which supreme power is actually or nominally lodged in an individual who is the Head of state, often for life or |utc_offset = -2 to -4 |time_zone_DST = BRST |utc_offset_DST = -2 to -5 |cctld
Probably the most important and famous city son was Fray Justo's nephew Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, whose birthplace was turned into a National Historical Monument in 1910, during the administration of president Roque Sáenz Peña. Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Albarracín (February 15 1811 &ndash September 11 1888 was an Argentine activist intellectual and writer and the seventh President Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting The President of Argentina (full title President of the Argentine Nation, Spanish: Presidente de la Nación Argentina) is the Head of state Roque Sáenz Peña Lahitte ( March 19, 1851 - 9 August, 1914) was President of Argentina from 12 October
On January 15, 1944, a powerful earthquake devastated the city, killing around 10,000 people and leaving half of the provincial population homeless. Events 588 BC - Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon lays siege to Jerusalem under Zedekiah 's reign Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The 1944 San Juan earthquake took place in the province of San Juan, in the center-west area of Argentina, a region highly prone to seismic events Another quake, 7. 4 in the Richter magnitude scale, struck 80 km northeast of the city on November 23, 1977, causing considerable damage and killing 65 people around the province. The Richter magnitude scale, or more correctly local magnitude M L scale assigns a single number to quantify the amount of seismic energy released Events 800 - Charlemagne arrives at Rome to investigate the alleged crimes of Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays
After the disaster of 1944, the city was reconstructed on concentric boulevards, with straight, well lit, tree-lined avenues and modern housing. It has mostly lost its colonial aspect, but retains an open, sunny Mediterranean look. San Juan possesses one of the most modern and active concert halls in Argentina, as well as many leafy parks and squares, including Parque de Mayo with its vast artificial lake.
The old cathedral, an 18th century Jesuit style building, was destroyed in the 1944 earthquake, but has been replaced by a modern-Tuscan-romanesque building with a campanile. This article is about the history and organisation of the cathedral The Society of Jesus ( Latin: Societas Iesu, SJ and SI or SJ, SI) is a Catholic religious order Among the Classical orders of Architecture, the Tuscan order's place in the architectural canon is disputed Regional characteristics of Romanesque architecture|Romanesque art Romanesque architecture is the term that is used to describe the architecture of Middle Ages Europe which A campanile &ndash pronounced /kampaˈnile/ &ndash is especially in Italy, a free-standing Bell tower, often adjacent to a church San Juan is the seat of a Roman Catholic metropolitan Archbishop and a Catholic University. In Hierarchical Christian churches the rank of metropolitan bishop, or simply metropolitan, pertains to the Diocesan bishop or In Christianity, an archbishop is an elevated Bishop. In the Roman Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion and others this means that they lead
Geography and climate
The city of San Juan is located in a fertile valley within a rocky mountainous area. Winter temperatures are generally mild, between 1 °C and 18 °C, while summers are hot and very dry, with temperatures between 19 °C and 35 °C. The Celsius Temperature scale was previously known as the centigrade scale.
Since very little rain falls in the region, the San Juan River has been dammed to provide a regular source of water to the city. The resulting reservoir is located in Ullum, and is known as the Quebrada de Ullum Dam. A reservoir is most broadly a place or hollow vessel where Fluid is kept in Reserve, for later use The Ullum Dam is a Dam on the San Juan River, in Province of San Juan, Argentine. The dam also provides electrical power to the region.
Sixty-five percent of agricultural production is related to wine production. Argentine wine, as with some aspects of Argentine cuisine, has its roots in Spain.
Urban aspect
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The city of San Juan completely changed its appearance from a colonial one to one of the most modern in the country after the earthquake of 1944, with well-drawn and wide paved streets, ample paths with mosaics, and forests of bananas, moreras and paradises irrigated by channels (small drains).
The city is located within the Capital District, the plot of the same one is developed in form of draws into squares checkerboard forming a boundary by the streets Las Heras (that runs from North to South), 25 de Mayo (runs from East to West), 9 de Julio (runs from east to west) and the Guillermo Rawson Avenue (runs from north to south). These four avenues form a perfect rectangle made up of 16 blocks wide (going from east to west and vice versa -horizontally-) by 10 blocks long (going up and down or North to South and vice versa). This rectangle, in its interior conforms a square of 7 blocks of length by 6 blocks of wide, that is \"microcentro \", delimited by four avenues and are the Avenue Leandro N. Alem, Cordoba Avenue, Avenue Libertador San Martín and Avenida Rioja. This area is considered to be the most densely populated and possess a great amount of tall buildings; it concentrates most of the commercial, financial and institutional activities.
The most important perpendicular streets are the street Mitre, whose circulation it has been for the east, en this street is cinemas and to cyber cafe, the Central Avenue José Ignacio de la Roza, it was built after the ample earthquake,it has not boulevard. Santa Fe street, his circulation is for the west, pòr where hundreds of lines of groups circulate and the commercial activity is intense, Rivadavia street, its circulation has been for the east, the section of two blocks an intense commercial activity is transformed into peatonal creating and San Martín Avenue, is the main movement route are supermarkets and are the leapfrog all of groups of Great San Juan. The more important parallel arteries have been the Mendoza street, their circulation is for the south and thus it unites to Villa Krause with the city, General street Mariano Acha and main the Rioja Avenue main arteries are the s. The most important sites are:
- Cathedral
Work of the prestigious architect Daniel Branches Strap, was inaugurated the 16 of December of 1979. The bell tower is a needle of 51 meters of height from its foundations with a viewpoint to 33 meters of the ground. It has aBig-Ben clock and a German carillon whose sones, every 15 minutes, accompanies the daily life by the city. To the temple it is acceded by a bronze vestibule worked in Faenza (Italy) with bas-relief of Santa Rosa of Lima, San Luis king of France, the Santiago apostle, Santa Ana and several shields and emblems. In the basement of the church is the cripta, the pantheon of the bishops and the chapel of Right Fray Santa Maria of of Gold.
- Seat 25 of May
Is the main seat of the City and constitutes a green space of colorful characteristics, also are the statues of Domingo Faustino Sarmiento and Right Fray Santa Maria de Oro with more than 100 years. The central source, that dates from year 1871, was remodelada in several occasions. The toads extractors are work of the escultor Miguel Sugo Angel.
- Aberastain seat
He was lawyer and he was Governor of the province. This seat this taken care of very well and is characterized by its permanent hygiene and in the center is the statue of Aberastain.
- Peatonal Tucumán and Rivadavia
Are the most important stroll of the city, is where the commercial activity of different headings is concentrated in majority. They are wide and with excellent forestación and is the step forced for the sanjuaninos and tourists.
- Park of May In May
of 1910 when commemorating itself the centenary of the rebolución of May, is inagurado is green space, from comes its name there. Be lung of the city is in the intersection of the streets Reconciled Liberating General San Martín and the Heras, has infantile games, an artificial lake with an island, fish and aquatic birds, a velodrome, kartódromo and sentenares of statues between the outstanding are the one of General San Martín, the one of Federico Cantoni (governor of the province) and the one of the monument to the sport. .
Transport
The city has a modern infrastructure such as highways Avenue Ringroad, the South Access among others. This avenue has been within the urban perimeter, which is why a project is the construction of another ring covering the entire city. This might be termed as the Orbital motorway or dual carriageway, and that his movement will take the form surrounding the Great San Juan, as an orbit, preventing access by large trucks carrying inside the city. It also calls for tenders for the project through another rapid called South Corridor connecting San Juan (center) with the southern suburbs ((Rawson)
The urban public transport passengers from the City of San Juan consists of bus lines marked with numbers and letters (19 or 26A), linking the city centre with the various neighbourhoods and the rest of the Great San Juan. Transport or transportation is the movement of people and goods from one place to another In May 2008, the minimum cost of the ticket is $ 1. 30. The city also has taxi service and remises.
The uncontrolled growth of the city means new means of transportation, so this study on the installation of trolley for ajilizar the current public transport which achieved unite the City of San Juan with the other major cities of the Gran San Juan. The routes would unite Chimbas-San Juan (Center)-Villa Krause and the other would Rivadavia-San Juan (Center)-Santa Lucia. Villa Krause is the city of the Argentine of San Juan in the Cuyo region located in the Tulúm Valley, west of the San Juan River Santa Lucia is a traditional Neapolitan song. It was transcribed by Teodoro Cottrau (1827–1879 and published by the Cottrau firm as a " barcarolla Also on the proposed installation of trams by the City Council of San Juan, which would circulate the city centre.
Public transport long distance is addressed in the modern "Bus Terminal," with more than 6,000 sq metres over the area of platforms and platform of about 4,000 sq metres or so. Holds hall waiting for the local administration, ticketing, information office, police, first-aid room, telephone booths, shops, restaurant, kitchen and sanitary.
Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Airport is located 15 kilometers from the city in the Department 9 de Julio, more precisely in the village of Las Chacritas carried that name until recently. Domingo Faustino Sarmiento Airport (Aeropuerto de San Juan - Domingo Faustino Sarmiento is an airport in San Juan Province, Argentina serving the cities of It is located at coordinates [display in an interactive map] 31 ° 34'18 . 70 "S, 68 ° 25'23 . 00" O. IATA Code: UAQ. This airport serves the airlift from San Juan was the city of Buenos Aires
The city lays on National Route 40 that connects it with Mendoza (168 km) to the south and La Rioja (449 km) to the north, and is connected to the National Route 20, that leads to San Luis (323 km). Mendoza (men'dōzə is the capital city of Mendoza Province, in Argentina. La Rioja is the capital city of the Argentine province of La Rioja, located on the east of the province Distance to other cities: Córdoba (585 km), Catamarca (623 km) and Buenos Aires (1110 km). Córdoba, abbreviated as CBA, is a city located near the geographical center of Argentina, in the foothills of the Sierras Chicas mountains on the Buenos Aires is the Capital and largest city of Argentina. It is geographically located on the southern shore of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern
Tourism
Tourism to San Juan is centered around wine production and dégustation as well as the extraordinary rock formations in places like the Ischigualasto National Park, 330 kilometres form the city, also called the Valle de la Luna and the Quebrada de Ullum Dam, at 18 km from the city. Wine tasting (often in wine circles simply tasting) is the sensory examination and evaluation of Wine. Ischigualasto is a geological formation and a natural park associated with it in the province of San Juan, north-western Argentina, near the border
An integral attraction to the province is its large Triassic period fossil record, believed to be one of the largest in the world. The Triassic is a geologic period and system that extends from about 251 to 199 Ma (million years ago
Another curiosity of sorts is the Difunta Correa sanctuary, 64 km kilometres away from San Juan, on route 141. Santuario Difunta Correa Vallecito Provde San Juan (Hoteljpg|thumb|210px|Hotel in Vallecito San Juan Province serving the devout in their pilgrimage
There is also the celebrated Mariano Gambier Archeology museum at La Laja, Albardón county, some 25 km from the center of the city. It concerns itself with the many cultures that inhabited San Juan from Pre-History till the arrival of the Spaniards in 1560. Stone Age Paleolithic See also Paleolithic, Recent African Origin, Early Homo sapiens, Early human migrations "Paleolithic" It has a priceless collection of Indian artifacts, cave paintings and other elements of agriculture and life in the Tulum valley from the last 8500 years.
- Museums
- Casa Domingo Faustino Sarmiento is located in the intersection of Libertador General San Martín Avenue and Sarmiento street. It was the first historical monument declared in our country, 1910. In this house it was born the illustrious educator and president of the republic, Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, the 15 of February of 1811. At the present time it has 9 rooms, in which relics, furniture, commemorative photographies, medals, periodics and books written by Sarmiento in its original collections, can be admired. In the central patio of the house one can find a sprout of the famous fig tree and a replica of the historical loom of Doña Paula, his mother, whom Sarmiento mentions in his book \"Recuerdos de Provincia \". .
- Museum of Fine arts "Franklin Rawson" - Historical Provincial Museum "Agustín Gnecco" located in the intersection of General Paz street and G. Rawson Avenue. There one finds a valuable patrimony of paintings and sculptures, engravings and drawings of the greatest national masters. In the second one are outlined elements related to the fashion of the XVIIIth and XIXth century, Creole silverwork(silver), collection of numismatics and philately.
- Museum Amid Read - House of the Tango " Carlos Gardel . This museum is located on General Mariano Acha street between Brazil and Manuel Belgrano streets, with displays and videos about The tango and its evolution in the 20th century. Conferences, discussions, classes of Violin and Bandoneón are among the activities conducted here.
External links
- Municipality of San Juan - Official website.
- Municipal information: Municipal Affairs Federal Institute (IFAM), Municipal Affairs Secretariat, Ministry of Interior, Argentina.
- City info
- Earthquakes in San Juan
- San Juan Tourist Guide (English - Spanish - German)
- San Juan Events Guide (Spanish)
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