Mendoza Province facts for kids

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 many other crops. It has the highest mountain in the country, Aconcagua.

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

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Images for kids

View (looking West) from the Cabildo in the city of Mendoza, prior to the great quake of 1861.
Mendoza grape harvest, circa 1890
The snowy Andes viewed from the National Route 7.
Vineyard under the Andes
Spanish Plaza, Mendoza. The province attracted tens of thousands of Spaniards, around 1900.