Felipe Varela

Felipe Varela 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

827,426 ha outline of the administrative units

Centre

29.4727° S, 68.3471° 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

89 km west of Chilecito

Nearest city

145 km west of La Rioja 178,872 people

To the sea

285 km

Same latitude

Far North (Australia)

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

Terrain

Elevation

940–5,410 m

Mean elevation

1,854 m

Measured over the whole outline on 117,639 elevation cells of about 266 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Wineries · 1

• Bodega de Villa Unión

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Sources

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