San Juan is the capital of the province of San Juan. It is located in the valley of Tulum, in the west of the Río San Juan. Its average altitude is of 650 meters. It has a good infrastructure of residences and transport.

The tourist attractions most important of the city, separately a modern cathedral are:

• the convent of Santo Domingo, with the cell where lived Jose de San Martín
• Close to the city to 18 km, the dam of Ullum with a lake of very pleasant reserve
• Of the thermal baths
• an archaeological museum.

Population

According to the census of 2001, the municipe had a population of 115.556 inhabitants. But the city is also the center of an urban center, the " Gran San Juan". This one counted 421.640 living (INDEC, 2001), that is to say 18,9% of more than the 354.760 inhabitants listed before in 1991. These figures place the city in the tenth place among the Argentinas cities.

In 2006, one evaluates the population of the agglomeration with 450.000 inhabitants, which constitutes the three quarters of the total population of the province.

Climate

The climate of San Juan is Désert ic, with very rare precipitations, a high aridity and an important thermal oscillation as well annual as daily. The temperatures oscillate of 26-27 °C between January, when the maximum ones exceed the 34 °C, and July when they are only of 8 °C and where the frosts are not rare. No month has precipitations higher than 20 mm, but those are more probable in summer.

External bonds

• Travel San Juan - Tourism (English-Spanish - German)
• - diaporama Province of San Juan