General Alvear is a department

Departments of Argentina

Departments form the second level of administrative division in the provinces of Argentina. There are no departments in the city of Buenos Aires, which has so far been divided into neighbourhoods as its administrative divisions, but is to be divided now into communes by a recently passed local act...

 located in the south east of Mendoza Province

Mendoza Province

The Province of Mendoza is a province of Argentina, located in the western central part of the country in the Cuyo region. It borders to the north with San Juan, the south with La Pampa and Neuquén, the east with San Luis, and to the west with the republic of Chile; the international limit is...

 in Argentina

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The provincial subdivision has a population of about 44,000 inhabitants in an area of 14,448km², and its capital city is General Alvear

General Alvear, Mendoza

Gral. Alvear is the head city of the General Alvear Department, Mendoza in Mendoza Province, Argentina.Founded on August 12, 1914, it currently has a population of 26,342 , and its UN/LOCODE is ARGVA....

, which is located around 900km from Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires

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The City of general Alvear is home to a campus of Universidad Nacional de Cuyo.

The partido and its agricultural lands are irrigated by the Rivers Diamante and Atuel.

Name

The department and its head town are named after General Carlos María de Alvear

Carlos María de Alvear

Carlos María de Alvear was an Argentine soldier and statesman, Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata in 1815....

 (1789-1852) a hero of the Argentine War of Independence

Argentine War of Independence

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History

• 1879, The land now forming Departamento General Alvear is conquered in the 2nd desert campeign.

• 1884, The lands are purchased by Diego de Alvear, son of General Carlos María de Alvear
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  Carlos María de Alvear was an Argentine soldier and statesman, Supreme Director of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata in 1815....
  
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• 1912, The Departamento was officially created on August 12 and the Sarmiento Railroad arrived in the city of General Alvear.

Districts

• Bowen
• General Alvear
  General Alvear, Mendoza
  Gral. Alvear is the head city of the General Alvear Department, Mendoza in Mendoza Province, Argentina.Founded on August 12, 1914, it currently has a population of 26,342 , and its UN/LOCODE is ARGVA....
  
  
• San Pedro del Atuel

Smaller settlements

• Canalejas
• Carmensa
• Cochicó
• Colonia Alvear Oeste
• Corral de Lorca
• El Ceibo
• El Juncalito
• La Escandinava
• La Mora
• Línea de Poste
• Los Compartos
• Ovejería
• Poste de Hierro

External links

• My Alvear (Spanish)
• Municipal site (Spanish)
• Alvear Mendoza (Spanish)
• Tourist Site (Spanish)
• Information about General Alvear (Spanish)
• General Alvear Civil Defence (Spanish)
• Universidad nacional de Cuyo (Spanish)