Malargüe

Malargüe is a town of 18.077 inhabitants (2001) which is the capital of the Département of Malargüe, in the western south of the Province of Mendoza in Argentine. It is located at approximately 370 km in the south of the city Mendoza the capital of the province.

In the past local industries were especially mining of Uranium and Pétrole. Then the development of tourism encouraged the construction of hotels and lodgings.

Tourism

In winter the tourists come to ski at the station of Las Leñas and Los Molles. The remainder of the year the visitors are followers of the ecotourism. Malargüe is indeed the chief town of a department extremely rich in landscapes varied and being able to interest everyone. On a side, the High Andes, elsewhere several sometimes gigantic volcanos, several natural reserves whose one Paradise of the birds , etc That is detailed on the level of the article concerning the Département of Malargüe.

Observatory Pierre Auger

Malargüe is also the base of the southern site of the Observatoire Pierre Auger, an international center centered on the search for cosmic rays with high energies.

See too

External bonds

  • Web site of the town of Malargüe
  • Web site of the Observatory Pierre Auger
  • Web site in diaporama of the area of Malargue

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