SAN LUIS

The city of San Luis is the capital of the province of San Luis (Argentina), located in the center-north of the province, and is head of the Department of Pueyrredon Juan Martin.

IT IS 13 120 KM ² AND IT HAS A POPULATION OF 204,019 INHABITANTS

IT IS ONE OF THE MAIN INDUSTRIAL CENTERS OF ARGENTINA. NEARBY, PICTURESQUE

LANDSCAPES INCLUDE RESERVOIR POTRERO DE LOS FUNES, SALINAS BEBEDERO AND

TOURIST VILLA DE MERLO.

Reservoir Potrero de los Funes

Salinas Bebedero

Villa de Merlo

SAN LUIS IS LOCATED IN THE SOUTHWEST OF THE MOUNTAINS OF SAN LUIS, IN AN AREA CALLED PUNTA CIERVO. THIS MOUNTAIN

CORD EMERGES FROM THE SIERRAS PAMPEANAS AND

SOUTH CHORRILLOS ACROSS THE RIVER. IT HAS A BI-OCEANIC CORRIDOR, NATIONAL ROUTE 7; TWO DOMESTIC ROUTES, THE

RN 146 AND RN 147; PLUS PROVINCIAL ROUTES 3

AND 20. IT ALSO FEATURES THE BRIGADIER MAYOR

CÉSAR RAÚL OJEDA AIRPORT WHICH HAS

ARRIVING AND DEPARTING FLIGHTS TO BUENOS AIRES

AND SAN RAFAEL, MENDOZA. THE CITY IS LOCATED 711 METERS

ABOVE SEA LEVEL, WHICH MAKES IT THE THIRD

LARGEST CITY WITH MORE HEIGHT ARGENTINA.

IT HAS MANY PARKS AND RECREATION PLACES THAT SERVE WELL AS LUNGS OF THE CITY. CENTENNIAL PARK FEATURING THE LIGHTHOUSE OF WISDOM, A LIGHTHOUSE TO ENJOY THE

VIEW OF THE CITY AND A VELODROME FOR PUBLIC USE; NATIONS PARK, A PARK OF RECREATION; AND THE PLAZA DEL

CERRO SHOWING MONUMENTAL PANORAMIC CITY PLUS PRINGLES, INDEPENDENCE, DEL CARMEN AND FALCONS AS THE MOST IMPORTANT PLACES GREEN SPACES IN THE

CAPITAL.

Since the city is between mountains and a river, you can attend low and high geographic areas, with some areas of steep ravines (Lowest). This has led to St. Louis have some problems when growing urban links. San Luis has a temperate and semi-arid climate.

In the summer the days are hot and sometimes humid, thunderstorms are common after days of sweltering heat. Winter has temperate-cool days and cold nights. Under the Koppen climate classification climate of San Luis is type BSk. With the entry of cold fronts from the southwest the temperature can drop sharply, several times even in the winter daytime temperature may not exceed 2 or 3 degrees.

SNOW IS RELATIVELY COMMON AND USUALLY SNOWS 1 TIME PER YEAR OR EVERY TWO YEARS IN MAY AND JUNE. MONTHS ARE USUALLY RECORDED NORTHWEST WINDS ARE FROM SAN JUAN WHERE

WARM AIR MASSES TEND TO LOWER THE ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE. IN SEPTEMBER AND

OCTOBER SOUTHERLY WINDS ARE STRONG GUSTS WHICH CAN LAST FOR WEEKS WITHOUT STOPPING.

The city operates as a tourist attraction, has a large number of hotels and you can enjoy the beauty of the surrounding villages.

It has a Spanish colonial style sidewalks and narrow streets two-story buildings. You can see the former train station railway linking the cities of Buenos Aires to Mendoza, which was built in 1882 in French neoclassical style; modern buildings and multi-storey tower, three valuable pieces in museums, theaters in which national and provincial works are presented, etc. It has eight cinemas located in the commercial center of the city, numerous restaurants and nightlife with clubs, bars, pubs, and casinos. The city is known for its exclusivity in providing Internet connections to all agglomerate free WI - FI , turning next to San Luis and Marcos Paz Buenos Aires one of the chosen as a finalist among 150 registered cities in Latin America to establish districts made best efforts around the digitization of public administration .

IT ALSO HAS, SINCE 2010, THE FIRST PUBLIC GREEN BUILDING IN THE

COUNTRY, "TERRAZAS DEL PORTEZUELO" COMPLEX BUILT IN HONOR OF THE

BICENTENNIAL OF THE MAY REVOLUTION. SAN LUIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT

INDUSTRIAL CENTER IN ARGENTINA.

Terrazas del Portezuelo

It is assumed that Luis Jufré Loaiza and Meneses, deputy mayor of Cuyo, founded it on 25 August 1594. After being abandoned, it was refounded two years later and moved because the site first chosen which called it El Bajo, suffered from frequent flooding due to its proximity to the river.

Its name in the first foundation was to San Luis de Loyola Nueva Medina de Rio Seco. "San Luis" because of St. Louis King of France patron of the founder, "Loyola" in honor of Captain-General of Chile, Don Martín García Oñez of Loyola, who had ordered Jufré found the city, "New Medina de Rio Seco" by the birthplace of the parents of Luis, Juan and Dona Candida Jufré Montesa, Medina de Rio Seco, a town located in the province of Valladolid, Spain.

THE CITY OF SAN LUIS OFTEN WAS MENTIONED UNDER THE NAME LA PUNTA OR THE CITY OF LA

PUNTA, AND MORE THAN ONCE USUALLY TYPICALLY INVOLVES FUSING WITH OFFICIAL AND THE WRITER SPEAKS OF THE CITY OF PUNTA DE SAN LUIS, THE

LATTER BEING THE MOST ACCEPTABLE AND A VERY RELIABLE SOURCE. ALSO, WITH RESPECT TO ONE

OF THE NAMES BY WHICH HE WAS KNOWN, MENTIONS THE "SAN LUIS DE LA PUNTA DEER NEW

MEDINA DEL RIO SECO," MEANING THAT THE TERRITORY HAD LOTS OF DEER OF THE PAMPAS

WHY IS THAT ALSO THE PROVINCIAL COAT REFLECTED ON A MOUNTAINOUS BACKDROP, TWO FACING DEER AND IS CROWNED WITH LAURELS.

Punta venado

WORK BYMartinez Milagros, Pierotti Carla and

Florencia Rodriguez