Arauco

Arauco is a IG of La Rioja in Argentina.

The map shows the official outline with relief, 3D terrain, slope and exposure, climate and soil.

Key facts

Type

IG (department)

Area

252,399 ha outline of the administrative units

Centre

28.5507° S, 66.7503° W

Legal basis

Ley 25.163 (1999) and INV resolutions (C.32/2002, C.37/2002 and later); official INV list of 18 April 2024 plus the 2025 IGs.

Outline: Built from the administrative units that the legal definition names.

Where it is

Nearest town

5.7 km east of Aimogasta

Nearest city

96 km north of La Rioja 178,872 people

To the sea

421 km

Same latitude

Free State (South Africa), Granite Belt (Australia)

Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.

Terrain

Elevation

606–3,152 m

Mean elevation

869 m

Measured over the whole outline on 140,989 elevation cells of about 134 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Sources

geoBoundaries ARG ADM2 (2020) (Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Intergovernmental Organisations (CC BY 3.0 IGO))