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San Luis is the capital city of San Luis Province
San Luis Province

San Luis is a Provinces of Argentina of Argentina located near the geographical center of the country . Neighboring provinces are, from the north clockwise, La Rioja Province , C?rdoba Province , La Pampa, Mendoza Province and San Juan Province ....
 in the Cuyo region of Argentina
Argentina

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic , is a country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city....
. It sits beside the Río Chorrillos river at the feet of the Sierras Grandes, 762 meters above sea level
Sea level

Mean sea level is the average height of the sea, with reference to a suitable reference surface. Defining the reference level , however, involves complex measurement, and accurately determining MSL can prove difficult....
. As of , its population is 153,322. The current mayor is Alfonso Vergés.

City information
San Luis lies on the National Route Number 7 that connects Mendoza
Mendoza, Argentina

Mendoza is the capital city of Mendoza Province, in Argentina. It is located in the northern-central part of the province, in a region of foothills and high plains, on the eastern side of the Andes....
 (255 km) with Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires is the Capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southern shore of the R?o de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent....
 (791 km), parallel to the Río Chorrillos River.






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San Luis is the capital city of San Luis Province
San Luis Province

San Luis is a Provinces of Argentina of Argentina located near the geographical center of the country . Neighboring provinces are, from the north clockwise, La Rioja Province , C?rdoba Province , La Pampa, Mendoza Province and San Juan Province ....
 in the Cuyo region of Argentina
Argentina

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic , is a country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city....
. It sits beside the Río Chorrillos river at the feet of the Sierras Grandes, 762 meters above sea level
Sea level

Mean sea level is the average height of the sea, with reference to a suitable reference surface. Defining the reference level , however, involves complex measurement, and accurately determining MSL can prove difficult....
. As of , its population is 153,322. The current mayor is Alfonso Vergés.

City information


San Luis lies on the National Route Number 7 that connects Mendoza
Mendoza, Argentina

Mendoza is the capital city of Mendoza Province, in Argentina. It is located in the northern-central part of the province, in a region of foothills and high plains, on the eastern side of the Andes....
 (255 km) with Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires is the Capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southern shore of the R?o de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent....
 (791 km), parallel to the Río Chorrillos River. The other closest provincial capitals are San Juan (323 km) and Córdoba
Córdoba, Argentina

C?rdoba is a city located near the geographical center of Argentina, in the foothills of the Punilla Valley on the Primero River, about northwest from Buenos Aires....
 (412 km).

Interesting point of the city are the Park of the Nations, the neoclassical cathedral, a number of museums including the Dora Ochoa De Masramón Provincial Museum, and the colonial architecture. Fishing in the nearby locations is also popular. The Sierra de las Quijadas National Park is located 122 kilometres from the city.

The city's climate is continental
Continental climate

Continental climate is a climate that is characterized by winter temperatures cold enough to support a fixed period of snow cover each year, and relatively moderate precipitation occurring mostly in summer, although east coast areas may show an even distribution of precipitation....
 with temperatures around 3°C and 33°C, an annual average of 17°C.

The San Luis Airport at coordinates is only a few hundred meters from the centre, has regular flight to Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires is the Capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southern shore of the R?o de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent....
.

History

San Luis was founded in the August 25 1594 by Luis Jufré de Loaysa y Meneses to be later abandoned, and then again in 1632 by Martín García Oñez de Loyola
Martín García Óñez de Loyola

Don Mart?n Garc?a ??ez de Loyola was a Spain Basque people soldier and Royal Governor of Chile....
 as San Luis de Loyola Nueva Medina de Río Seco.

By the end of the 19th century the city had only 7,000 inhabitants.

Because the city is located at the part of the Sierras Grandes known as Punta de los Venados, the inhabitants of the city are called puntanos.

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