Uspallata
Sign in to savethumb|Las Bovedas in Uspallata thumb|Typical landscape of Uspallata Uspallata is a village and administrative district in Argentina, in a scenic location on the road that crosses the Andes between Mendoza and Santiago in Chile. It is located west of Mendoza and was once served by the now disused Transandine Railway which passed through the town on its way from Mendoza to Los Andes in Chile.
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Uspallata
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Delegation municipal, Uspallata.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Municipal House, Uspallata
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Department
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Las Heras
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 2039
- Settlement.population_total
- 3439
- Settlement.postal_code_type
- Postal code
- Settlement.postal_code
- M5553
- Settlement.area_code_type
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Argentina
- Located in
- Las Heras Department
- Elevation
- +1888
- Time zone
- UTC−03:00
- Image
- The Road out of Uspallata.jpg
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- P1889
- Uspallata Pass
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thumb|Las Bovedas in Uspallata thumb|Typical landscape of Uspallata Uspallata is a village and administrative district in Argentina, in a scenic location on the road that crosses the Andes between Mendoza and Santiago in Chile. It is located west of Mendoza and was once served by the now disused Transandine Railway which passed through the town on its way from Mendoza to Los Andes in Chile.
==Features== There are several items of interest in and around the village including "las bovedas," somewhat strangely egg-shaped kilns dating from the early 17th century which were used to extract gold, silver, zinc, copper and other metals from minerals mined nearby. Worth a brief visit as they are only approx from town, complete with a small museum, notes include the fact that some of the refractory bricks can still be seen with "Rufford Stourbridge" from the English West Midlands stamped on them; a brief reminder of Britain's industrial heritage.