Mendoza, officially the City of Mendoza, is the capital of Mendoza province in Argentina, located in the northern-central part of the province among the foothills of the Andes. At the heart of Argentina's largest wine-producing region, Mendoza is known worldwide for its Malbec vineyards, its network of irrigation canals lined with sycamore trees, and its access to nearby ski resorts and Andean mountaineering routes, including toward Aconcagua.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m)Wikipedia infobox gives 746.5 m; elevation-m is an Int property on this atlas, recorded rounded to the nearest metre. Connections
Associated With
Source Mendoza, Argentina (Wikipedia)
Sources
1. Mendoza, Argentina (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationLead section
As of the 2010 census [INDEC], Mendoza had a population of 115,041 with a metropolitan population of 1,055,679, making Greater Mendoza the fourth largest census metropolitan area in the country.
Infobox area_total_km2 field, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mendoza,_Argentina
area_total_km2 = 54
Infobox: elevation_m
746.5
Infobox coordinates field, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mendoza,_Argentina
coordinates = 32°53′23″S 68°50′40″W
History section, first paragraph, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mendoza,_Argentina
On 2 March 1561, Pedro del Castillo founded the city and named it Ciudad de Mendoza del Nuevo Valle de La Rioja after the governor of Chile, Don García Hurtado de Mendoza.
Associated With: Argentina, Infobox subdivision_name field, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mendoza,_Argentina
subdivision_name = Argentina
- In Group: Cities of South America (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
View the Source Wikidata: Mendoza, Argentina
Wikidata Q44237, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.
Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.