Argentina · IG (provincial)
Mendoza
Wine region
Mendoza is a IG in Argentina.
Argentina's main wine province, producing most of the country's wine in an irrigated high desert at the foot of the Andes. Malbec is its signature.
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Key facts Type IG (provincial) Area 14,909,594 ha registered outline Centre 34.7889° S, 68.4363° 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 22 km south-west of San Rafael Nearest city 71 km north-west of General Alvear 35,626 people To the sea 322 km Same latitude Great Southern (Australia), Walker Bay (South Africa)Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.
Terrain Elevation 321–6,626 m Mean elevation 1,358 m Measured over the whole outline on 148,491 elevation cells of about 1,004 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.
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Sources geoBoundaries ARG ADM2 (2020) (Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Intergovernmental Organisations (CC BY 3.0 IGO))
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