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The Sierras and clear sky of San Luis.
Puma in Reserva La Florida
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Area: 76,748 KM2
Population: 366,900 (2001).
Main Cities: San Luis Capital, Villa Mercedes, Justo Daract.
Description:
The province of San Luis, situated in the geographic center of Argentina, is
bounded by La Rioja on the north; Córdoba on
the northeast; La Pampa on
the east and the southeast; of Mendoza on the west and southwest; and San Juan on the northwest.
San Luis has an area of 76,748 square kilometers (2% of the country total) of
which, some 4,000 are occupied by the sierras called Pampean (with lower altitudes
than those in the neighboring provinces), located mostly in the northern half of
the province.
From these sierras descend the waters that
nourish the main rivers, such as Quinto and Conlara, where
twelve dams were built to store and distribute their waters. Irrigation
capacity exceeds 40,000 hectares.
Annual rainfall in the area of more abundant
precipitation -except the central sierra, 30 km
from the capital- is over 700 mm, while in the area with less
precipitation (to the north, near San Juan and La Rioja), rainfall is
below 300 mm. Average annual temperature is 16°C/60.8°F.
Political Organization and Demographic Structure:
This province, having San Luis as its capital city, is divided
into 9 departments with separate political and administrative powers.
Annual average growth rate is 28‰, while density amounts to 4 inhabitants
per square kilometer. Urban population comes up to 81%. (1991).
Economic Structure:
In 1993, the primary sector contributes nearly 7% to the value added of
the total supply of goods and services. The secondary sector generated 65%, while
the remaining 28% of the global economic activity corresponds to the supply of financial, transport
and communications, commerce, tourism, and government services.
The traditional specializations of San Luis were agriculture and animal
husbandry, orientated to Pampean productions (especially livestock). Nevertheless, this
structure has changed since the province’s participation in “the industrialization of new
areas”, which took place during the second part of the past decade. The most outstanding branches
are “basic metal industries”, “engineering industry”, “chemicals” and, in a lesser
degree, “textiles and clothing”. A further characteristic consists in exports of
manufactures, principally “footwear” and, in a lesser degree at national level, “machinery” and “vehicles”.
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