Mendoza Province facts for kids

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Provincia de Mendoza, Argentina
Potrerillos, Mendoza (1)
Potrerillos is a village at Mendoza Province near Andes

Mendoza is a Province of Argentina. It is in the region called Cuyo. The province borders San Juan in the north, San Luis and La Pampa in the east, Neuquén in the south, and Chile to the west.

It is the major wine producer of Argentina and has the highest hill of The Americas, Aconcagua.

Population

Mendoza has a population of 1,579,651 people (2001). Spanish is the main language but many people also speak English, Italian and Portuguese.

Images for kids

  • Macri y Cornejo

    Governor Alfredo Cornejo (left) and president Mauricio Macri (right).

  • Casa de Gobierno de Mendoza

    Governor's offices

  • Mendoza city

    View of the Cabildo in the city of Mendoza, prior to the great quake of 1861.

  • Vendimia

    Mendoza grape harvest, circa 1890.

  • RNSiete

    The snowy Andes viewed from the National Route 7.

  • Mendoza - Villavicencio - 20060107a

    Villavicencio.

  • Laguna de Llancanelo (panorama)

    Lake Llancanelo, Malargüe.

  • Vignoble Mendoza Argentine

    Vineyard under the Andes.

  • Villavicencio Hotel Mendoza Argentina

    Villavicencio Hotel and Hot Springs (closed since 1978, now the garden is a resort).

  • Potrerillos, Mendoza (2)

    Potrerillos Reservoir, Lujan de Cuyo.


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