Mendoza (city)

Situation - description

It is located at the feet of the the Andes, in the North-West of the province, in the department capital. But the city extends especially on the close departments and forms the 4th agglomeration of the country as a population and importance. It is what is called Large Mendoza.
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It is built at an altitude of 824 mètres.
The urban base of the current city was created in 1863 by French Ballofet, charged with rebuilding the city shaven by a seism. This plan includes the strategic provision of various places and places. The economic activity of the city is related to food industry (manufacture of wines, food and various drinks) like on the treatment of oil. The city is moreover a tourist and university center.

History

Mendoza is founded in 1561 by Pedro del Castillo. It is here that Jose de San Martín sets up the army which will allow him to conquer the independence of the Chile, between 1817 and 1818. In 1861 a terrible earthquake destroys the city and kills more than 10 ' 000 people. The city will be rebuilt on a site different at some distance from the original place.

Population - Large Mendoza

According to INDEC, the city counted 110.993 inhabitants in 2001, which accounted for 9% less than in 1991. This fall is due only to the absence of grounds to build like with a tendency of the inhabitants to give up the center town, occupied more and more by offices and trade.

Large Mendoza, on the other hand is eight times more important and grew of 10% for the same period. So that the city is the fourth of the country as for the number of inhabitants. Large Mendoza extends systematically towards the North-East and the south while Andean crumplings prevent the growth in northern and western direction.

According to the INDEC, the departments following belong to large Mendoza entirely or partially.

Godoy Cruz
Tired Heras
Capital Guaymallén
Maipú
Luján de Cuyo

The agglomeration counted 848.660 inhabitants in 2001 consequently, against 773.113 in 1991. The city thus accounts for 54% of the population of the province. It is most important of the cities located apart from the Wet Pampa. The population of Godoy Cruz (the most populated communes of the agglomeration) represents the quarter of the total population.

Town planning

The center of the city is abundantly provided out of trees, irrigated by a whole network of small channels (acequias) which function in a way coordinated and controlled so as to bring only the quantities of water necessary. The city is centered around the plaza Independencia, with a mall, the street Sarmiento. In the center of the city, there are many cybercafés and trade in the open air. The important streets of the center are: avenue 9 of julio, which occurred San Martín, which occurred Aristides Villanueva and avenue Tired Heras. The avenue Aristides Villanueva is the center of the night life, therefore densément equipped with attracting bars, very active the weekend. Several small parks, called " plazas" are dispersed in the city. Three of them, the most important, is Plaza España, Plaza Independencia and Plaza Fundacional.

In the west of city one arranged Parks it San Martín (park San Martín). It was drawn by the architect of Thays.
international repute One finds in the city of the football stadiums, a zoo, the principal university (Universidad Nacional de Cuyo) and impressing it monument which commemorates the crossing of the Andes by the army of Libertador San Martin. There is an excellent sight on the city since the top of the hill " Cerro of Gloria".

Climate

Mendoza has very dry summers with wetter winters. The average temperatures for January (in summer) are of 35 °C the day, and 23 °C the night. For July (in winter) they are respectively of 12 °C and 3 °C.

Transport

The city has an international airport, called Aeropuerto Internacional de Mendoza Francisco Gabrielli, El Plumerillo.

The public service of the urban transport of the city has a park of trolley bus. There are 55 units of them, that is to say the greatest number in Argentina.

Bonds

the Alliance Fran1caise of Mendoza

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