Mendoza Province
Mendoza
Provincia de Mendoza (Spanish) | |
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| Province of Mendoza | |
Aconcagua, the highest mountain in the Americas | |
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Location of Mendoza within Argentina | |
| Coordinates: 32°53′55″S 68°50′47″W / 32.89861°S 68.84639°W | |
| Country | Argentina |
| Capital | Mendoza |
| Departments | 18 |
| Districts | 205 |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Alfredo Cornejo (UCR) |
| • Vice Governor | Hebe Casado |
| • Deputies | 10 |
| • Senators | 3 |
| Area | |
• Total | 148,827 km2 (57,462 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 875 m (2,871 ft) |
| Population (2022 census) | |
• Total | 2,014,533 |
| • Rank | 5th |
| • Density | 14/km2 (35/sq mi) |
| Demonym | mendocino |
| GDP | |
| • Total | peso 571 billion (US$12.2 billion) (2019) |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (ART) |
| ISO 3166 code | AR-M |
| HDI (2021) | 0.848 very high (6th) |
| Website | www |
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Mendoza (Spanish pronunciation: [menˈdosa]), officially the Province of Mendoza, is a province of Argentina, in the western central part of the country in the Cuyo region. It borders San Juan to the north, La Pampa and Neuquén to the south, San Luis to the east, and the republic of Chile to the west; the international limit is marked by the Andes mountain range. Its capital city is the homonymous city of Mendoza.
Covering an area of 148,827 km2, it is the seventh biggest province of Argentina with 5.35% of the country's total area. The population for 2022 is 2,014,533 inhabitants, which makes it the fifth most populated region of the country, or 4.38% of the total national population.