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San Luis Provincia de San Luis | |
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| Province of St. Louis | |
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 Coat of arms | |
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| Coordinates: 33°18′S 66°21′W / 33.300°S 66.350°W | |
| Country | Argentina |
| Capital | San Luis |
| Divisions | 9 departments |
| Government | |
| • Governor | Alberto Rodríguez Saá (CF/FDT) |
| • Senators | María Eugenia Catalfamo, Adolfo Rodríguez Saá, Gabriela González Riollo |
| Area | |
| • Total | 76,748 km2 (29,633 sq mi) |
| Population (2010[2]) | |
| • Total | 432,310 |
| • Rank | 19th |
| • Density | 5.6/km2 (15/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Puntano |
| Time zone | UTC−3 (ART) |
| ISO 3166 code | AR-D |
| HDI (2019) | 0.853 (5th)[3] |
| Website | sanluis |
San Luis is a province of Argentina. The Pampa de las Salinas is a great salt lake in the province. The Sierra de las Quijadas National Park is here.
Transportation
[change | change source]The railway system reached San Luis in the year 1875.
Mining
[change | change source]Mining is mostly for construction materials such as limestone and marble. There is also mining for tungsten, uranium and salt.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "San Luis (Province, Argentina)". Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
- ↑ "Argentina: San Luis". City Population. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
- ↑ "Información para el desarrollo sostenible: Argentina y la Agenda 2030" (PDF) (in Spanish). United Nations Development Programme. p. 155. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 August 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
| Provinces of Argentina |  |
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| Buenos Aires | Buenos Aires Province | Catamarca | Chaco | Chubut | Córdoba | Corrientes | Entre Ríos | Formosa | Jujuy | La Pampa | La Rioja | Mendoza | Misiones | Neuquen | Río Negro | Salta | San Juan | San Luis | Santa Cruz | Santa Fe | Santiago del Estero | Tierra del Fuego, Antarctica, and South Atlantic Islands | Tucumán | |
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| National | |
| Geographic | |
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