Jáchal

Jáchal is a IG of San Juan in Argentina.

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

Key facts

Type

IG (department)

Within

San Juan

Area

1,437,640 ha outline of the administrative units

Centre

30.3031° S, 68.4565° 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

29 km south-east of San José de Jáchal

Nearest city

142 km north of Rawson 130,258 people

To the sea

276 km

Same latitude

Northern Slopes (Australia)

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

Terrain

Elevation

646–4,799 m

Mean elevation

1,302 m

Measured over the whole outline on 207,974 elevation cells of about 264 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))