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	San Juan Province (Argentina) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		San Juan is a province of Argentina, located in the west of the country.
		The city of San Juan de la Frontera is founded by Juan Jufré y Montesa in 1562 and moved 2 kilometres south in 1593 due to the frequent flooding of the San Juan River.
		Its main attractions are the city of San Juan (and birth house of Sarmiento) the Ischigualasto Provincial Park, Represa de Ullum, Pismanta hot baths, and the pagan Difunta Correa shrine.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/San_Juan_Province,_Argentina (503 words)

	San Luis Province - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		San Luis is a province of Argentina located near the geographical center of the country (on the 32º South parallel).
		Even though the weather of the province is temperate-arid, there are numerous areas with milder microclimates, such as Villa de Merlo, where the land is fertile and the air less dry as the eastern slope retains the humidity of the Atlantic Ocean.
		The main rivers of the provinces are the Comlara and Quinto, and the border rivers of Desaguadero River and Salado River.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/San_Luis_Province (645 words)

	San Juan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		San Juan, the Spanish for Saint John, is a common toponym in parts of the world where Spanish is or was spoken:
		San Juan, Argentina, the capital of that province
		San Juan, Puerto Rico, the capital of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
	www.hartselle.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/San_Juan (184 words)

	Encyclopedia: San Juan, Puerto Rico (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		San Juan is the capital city of Puerto Rico.
		San Juan was founded by Spanish colonists in 1521 and is regarded as the oldest city in the United States of America (the oldest city in the continental United States is St.
		San SebastiÃ¡n is a municipality of Puerto Rico.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/San-Juan,-Puerto-Rico (4064 words)

	San Juan Province - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The province has a population of 620,023 (2001), and covers an area of 89,651 km².
		Neighboring provinces are from the north clockwise La Rioja, San Luis and Mendoza.
		The province is divided in 19 departments (spanish departamentos).
	www.open-encyclopedia.com /San_Juan_Province (68 words)

	La Rioja Province (Argentina) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Neighboring provinces are from the north clockwise Catamarca, Córdoba, San Luis and San Juan.
		Juan Ramírez de Velazco founded Todos los Santos de la Nueva Rioja in 1591 under the government of Tucumán of the Viceroyalty of Peru.
		The province is divided in 18 departments (spanish departamentos).
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/La_Rioja_Province,_Argentina (494 words)

	San Juan, Argentina - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		San Juan, city in western Argentina, capital of San Juan Province, in an arid zone irrigated by the Río San Juan.
		In the city are a historical museum, the National University of San Juan (1973), the engineering college of the Catholic University of Cuyo (1953), and a seismological station.
		Founded in 1562 and named San Juan de la Frontera, the city was for many years part of Chile.
	www.open-encyclopedia.com /San_Juan%2C_Argentina (137 words)

	ArgentineWines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Yet, San Juan de la Frontera is no without its own claims to fame, One of its sons, Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, became a famous author, scholar and, probably the most loved President.
		San Juan was also the place where a 49 year-old army officer, Juan Perón, first came to prominence following the 1944 came earthquake devastation of the capital.
		San Juan province has several major wine producing regions and these are widespread throughout the province, from Jachal in the north to areas close to the city, and elevations varying from 650 - 1350 metres.
	www.argentinewines.com /ing/regions/sanjuan.asp (431 words)

	Hotel Miramar San Juan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Part of the charm that attracts tourists and residents to the San Juans is that each island seems to have a character of its own, both in terms of geography and of the lifestyle of the people who live there.
		The other side of the San Juans, the western slope of the continental divide, is drained by tributaries of the San Juan, Dolores and Gunnison rivers which all flow into the Colorado River.
		San Juan Hill is a slight incline to the east of Santiago, Cuba, where Spanish soldiers entrenched themselves in the most famous battle of the Spanish-American War; the Battle of San Juan Hill.
	www.wwwtln.com /finance/95/hotel-miramar-san-juan.html (1767 words)

	San Juan (province of Argentina) - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about San Juan (province of Argentina) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Andean province in western Argentina, adjoining Chile in the west; area 89,651 sq km/34,614 sq mi; population (1996) 528,715.
		The capital is the city of San Juan.
		Apart from its southeastern region, San Juan is very mountainous, but its river valleys, fed by the snow and glaciers of the Andes, make intensive cultivation viable despite the semi-arid climate.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /San%20Juan%20%28province%20of%20Argentina%29 (172 words)

	San Juan Province (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		San Juan is a province of Argentina located in the west of the The capital is San Juan.
		The province has a population of 023 (2001) and covers an area of 651 km².
		Neighboring provinces are from the north La Rioja San Luis and Mendoza.
	www.freeglossary.com /San_Juan_Province (254 words)

	San Luis Province (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		San Luis is a province of Argentina, located in the middle of the country.
		The province has a population of 367,933 (2001), and covers an area of 76,748 km².
		The province is divided in 9 departments (spanish departamentos).
	www.therfcc.org /san-luis-province-86900.html (88 words)

	SAN JUAN PROVINCE
		The province of San Juan, situated in the region of Cuyo, is bounded by the province of La Rioja on the north; the provinces of La Rioja and San Luis on the east; the provinces of San Luis and Mendoza on the south; and the Republic of Chile on the west.
		Eighty percent of this area is occupied by steep relief with mountains of considerable height, from which descend the waters that feed the province’s scarce rivers.
		Tourist attractiveness is chiefly based on the modern city of San Juan (Rebuilt after the earthquacke of 1944), the Ullún artificial lake and the Moon Valley or Ischigualasto.
	www.argentour.com /sanjuaning.html (425 words)

	The Cerro La Chilca (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Geological Province of Precordillera (sensu Furque and Cuerda, 1979) is a typical thin–skinned thrust–and–fold belt, about 600 km in length, extending from the south of the La Rioja Province to the south of the Mendoza River, entirely crossing the San Juan Province.
		The San Juan Formation (Kobayashi, 1937; Furque, 1963) in the sedimentary pile of the Cerro La Chilca section it is fault–bounded at the base.
		In this section, the upper strata of the San Juan Formation are paraconformably overlain by an alternation of fl shales and platy mudstones (in other places the transitional package is absent, and graptolitic fl shales overlies the hardground on top of the formation).
	www.unt.edu.ar /fcsnat/INSUGEO/miscelanea_10/cap3.htm (5369 words)

	San Juan
		SAN JUAN is 1.119 kms from Buenos Aires.
		San Juan is the capital of the province.
		78 kms from the city of San Agustin del Valle Fertil lies the Valle de la Luna (Moon valley) Ischigualasto, a large valley with fantastic formations and fossils of plants, animals and ancient dinosaurs where millions of years ago there was a lake.
	www.travelsur.net /facts239.htm (116 words)

	San Juan River -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Founded in 1562 by Juan Jufré y Montesa, governor of the captaincy general of Cuyo, the city was moved in 1593 to its present site, 2 miles (3 km) south, because of floods; it is now protected by an embankment.
		San Juan county is a scenic, semiarid area in the Navajo section of the Colorado Plateau.
		A river whose waters are vital to its dry basin, the Rio Grande rises in the San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado and flows for 1,885 miles (3,035 kilometers) to the Gulf of Mexico.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9065342?tocId=9065342 (941 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: San Juan (Argentina)
		It is a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Buenos Aires and comprises the civil Provinces of San Juan, Mendoza, and San Luis, and the national district of Neuquén, has an area of 151,096 sq.
		He was the representative from San Juan to the Congress of Tucumán, which on 9 July, 1816, proclaimed the independence of Argentina, and in this assemblage distinguished himself by resolutely opposing the monarchical form of government for the infant nation.
		Among the notable edifices of the diocese may he mentioned: the episcopal palace and the Church of San Domingo in San Juan; those of San Francisco, Sagrado Corazón, and Godoy Cruz in Mendoza; and the Matriz of San Louis.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/13447a.htm (375 words)

	San Juan Bautista - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about San Juan Bautista (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		City in central California, on the San Andreas Fault, in the eastern foothills of the Gabilan Range, 42 km/26 mi northeast of Monterey; population (1990) 1,600.
		Established around a 1797 mission, with the largest mission church in California (completed in 1812), it was formerly a ranching centre, and now draws tourists.
		This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /San+Juan+Bautista (114 words)

	San Juan province and city - Extreme Adventure 4x4 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		San Juan city, San Juan province, Argentina, Mercosur, South America, the land of the Sun and the good wine, ground of Huarpes, Laprida and Sarmiento, capital of Hockey.
		It was the Huarpes’s territory, it is known as the province of the Sun an the Wine or as the biggest hotel in the world because it’s people’s hospitality.
		Whatever it is called, San Juan province is located on center-west of Argentina, and it covering 92,789km², wich only the 10% is transformed by people.
	www.ea4x4.com.ar /en/SanJuan.asp (251 words)

	Argentina vineyards and wineries - San Juan Province (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		On the South of the province is the Tulum Valley, one of the most important areas in the viticultural industry.
		The bodega Graffigna was founded in 1870, and it became one of the most important wineries in the Province of San Juan.
		The San Juan winery exports its wines to Brazil, the United States, England, Mexico, France, Germany and New Zealand.
	www.welcomeargentina.com /vino/sanjuan_i.html (301 words)

	SAN LUIS PROVINCE
		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.
		This province, having San Luis as its capital city, is divided into 9 departments with separate political and administrative powers.
	www.argentour.com /sanluising.html (388 words)

	San Juan Province - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Frommer's Portable Vancouver Island, the Gulf Islands and San Juan Islands
		Address of greeting: Delivered on behalf of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin to the Washington University State Historical Society : at the unveiling...
		Study of liquefaction in November 23, 1977 earthquake, San Juan Province, Argentina: [final report]
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /san_juan_province.htm (211 words)

	República Argentina - Secretaría de Turismo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		There are also services available from San Juan to the main towns of the province.
		Canoeing and windsurfing in reservoirs and lagoons, and rafting in San Juan river.
		Thermal Spa in La Laja, 24 Km away from the city of San Juan, and Pismanta, 181 Km to the north of San Juan.
	www.turismo.gov.ar /eng/atra/tour/MAPAS/SJN.HTM (476 words)

	San Juan del Monte -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		San Juan del Monte is near the site of the battle of Pinaglabanan (1896), which marked the beginning of the armed revolutionary movement against Spanish…
		San Juan del Monte is near the site of the battle of Pinaglabanan (1896), which marked the beginning of the armed revolutionary movement against...
		The capital and largest city of the island commonwealth of Puerto Rico, San Juan is a major Caribbean port and tourist resort.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9065338?tocId=9065338 (842 words)

	EIAL IX2 - Aproximaciones al estudio del menemismo
		In September, 1861, Mitre, the Liberal governor of the province of Buenos Aires, defeated Urquiza in the battle of Pavón, provoking the collapse of the Confederación Argentina, the Federalist dominated alliance of the provinces established in 1854.
		On this occasion, the leaders of the rebellion were Saá, the former governor of San Luis who led the attack on San Juan in early 1861, and Varela, a former lieutenant of Peñaloza.
		As an indicator of population density, the western provinces each had populations of around 50,000, but in the north-west (with the exception of Jujuy) the range was roughly 90,000 to 130,000.
	www.tau.ac.il /eial/IX_2/rock.html (6354 words)

	San Juan, Dominican Republic. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		San Juan de la Maguana, is the capital of San Juan province.
		It is located in the southwestern Dominican Republic, on the Río San Juan, an affluent of the Yaque del Sur River, northwest of Santo Domingo city.
		During the early 19th century, San Juan witnessed a series of Dominican-Haitian battles, followed by Creole uprisings for independence from Spain.
	members.aol.com /macuev/dr/sj.html (154 words)

	Protected Areas Programme - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Ischigualasto Provincial Park is a protected area crossing the border between the two provinces and lying between 29°55’S-68°06’W; Talampaya National Park lies entirely in the Province of La Rioja and its coordinates are 30°02’S-67°48’W. Ischigualasto Provincial Park was designated as such by Provincial Law No. 3,666 of November 3, 1971 (San Juan Province) (Sill, 1999).
		Some secondary benefits are derived to the nearby towns of San Agustin, in the Province of San Juan, and Patquia and Villa Union, in La Rioja Province (SENATUR, 1999; Sill, 1999).
		Scientists from the University of San Juan (Museum of Natural Sciences) and the University of La Rioja serve as advisors and participate in research and activities of environmental monitoring.
	www.unep-wcmc.org /protected_areas/data/wh/ischi_talam.html (3478 words)

	Upside Down World
		Even though the plebiscite wouldn’t be legally binding, the governor of San Juan province, who actively supports mining projects in the region, banned the plebiscite and has threatened to cut funds to the department if the head it, José Adolfo Ibazeta, tries to hold a plebiscite nonetheless.
		Second, the ore is treated with chemicals (lixiviation) to collect the trace amounts of gold, silver and copper that naturally exist in the ore. The lixiviation process uses vast amounts of water and highly toxic chemicals such as cyanide.
		The information contrasted the $4.6 billion that Barrick gold stood to make from a mining enterprise in San Juan with the tax breaks it was receiving, the $8 million/year that was promised to Argentina, and the hundreds of millions of dollars the clean up would cost.
	www.upsidedownworld.org /lunn-mining.htm (1637 words)

	Abra - a fascinating place
		Sooner or later, all the provinces will become urbanized and industrialized, and with it comes the heavy traffic, the noise-air-sound-water pollution, drug problem, high crime rates, etc. When that time comes, we, the Abrenians will realize how lucky we are.
		The Ilocos province was composed of the present-day northern La Union, some towns of Ilocos Sur, Abra, and Ilocos Norte, while the mountain province included the present-day Apayao, Kalinga, Mt. Province, Benguet, some towns of Ilocos Sur, and Ifugao.
		Several expeditions were sent by Juan de Salcedo to subdue the Itnegs and the Igorots using 'sepoy' soldiers from India, and Mexico, but all of these were repulsed successfully by the Itneg and Igorot warriors.
	www.angelfire.com /il/ocoabra/abraa.html (2356 words)

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