Mendoza Province

Mendoza Province is a province of Argentina whose capital is the city of Mendoza. It covers about 148,827 square kilometres and had 1,738,929 residents at the census of 27 October 2010, which works out to roughly twelve residents per square kilometre. The province is named for either the early explorer Pedro de Mendoza or Don García Hurtado de Mendoza, a governor of Chile. It is further divided into departments. Mendoza forms part of a four-corners boundary where it meets the provinces of La Pampa, Neuquén and Río Negro, with the borders in that area defined by the Río Colorado and by the meridian of 68 degrees 15 minutes west.