La Paz

La Paz is a IG of Mendoza in Argentina.

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

Key facts

Type

IG (department)

Within

Mendoza

Area

737,032 ha outline of the administrative units

Centre

33.6723° S, 67.3515° 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

30 km south-east of La Paz

Nearest city

104 km west of San Luis 169,947 people

To the sea

397 km

Same latitude

Paarl (South Africa), Clare Valley (Australia)

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

Terrain

Elevation

393–536 m

Mean elevation

459 m

Measured over the whole outline on 114,796 elevation cells of about 254 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))