La Rioja Argentina

La Rioja Argentina is a IG in Argentina.

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

Key facts

Type

IG (provincial)

Area

9,149,231 ha outline of the administrative units

Centre

29.8527° S, 66.8580° 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

49 km south of La Rioja

Nearest city

99 km south-east of Chilecito 42,248 people

To the sea

427 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

185–6,684 m

Mean elevation

1,400 m

Measured over the whole outline on 82,062 elevation cells of about 1,060 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Inside La Rioja Argentina · 9

• AraucoAppellation
• Castro BarrosAppellation
• ChilecitoAppellation
• FamatinaAppellation
• Felipe VarelaAppellation
• General LamadridAppellation
• San Blas de los SaucesAppellation
• SanagastaAppellation
• VinchinaAppellation

Sources

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