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San Juan
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capital of San Juan Province, Argentina
San Juan is the capital city of San Juan Province in Argentina, located in the western part of the country. It serves as the administrative and cultural center of the province and is known for its wine production and nearby natural attractions.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- big city
- Country
- Argentina
- Located in
- Capital Department
- Population
- 471389
- Area
- 30
- Elevation
- 640
- Time zone
- UTC−03:00
- Capital of
- San Juan Province
- Official website
- municipiosanjuan.gob.ar
- Image
- Collage Ciudad de San Juan.jpg
- Dialing code
- 264
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- topic's main category
- Category:San Juan, Argentina
- Commons category
- San Juan, Argentina
- twinned administrative body
- Coquimbo
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in San Juan, Argentina
- category of associated people
- Category:People from San Juan, Argentina
- Commons gallery
- San Juan, Argentina
- postal code
- J5400
- inception
- 1562-01-01
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- P8168
- Jutta Ditfurth
- different from
- San Juan
- P12749
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Encyclopedic overview
San Juan ( Spanish pronunciation: [saŋ ˈxwan]) is the capital and largest city of the Argentine province of San Juan in the Cuyo region, located in the Tulúm Valley, west of the San Juan River, at 650 m (2,133 ft) above mean sea level, with a population of around 112,000 as per the 2001 census [INDEC] (over 500,000 in the metropolitan area).
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, from which it derives its nickname oasis town.
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