Argentina · IG (provincial)
San Juan
Wine region
San Juan is a IG in Argentina.
Hot, dry province north of Mendoza, Argentina's second wine region by volume. Syrah does well here, especially in the Tulum and Pedernal valleys.
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Key facts Type IG (provincial) Area 8,829,484 ha registered outline Centre 30.5083° S, 68.8481° 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 31 km south-west of San José de Jáchal Nearest city 123 km north of Rawson 130,258 people To the sea 244 km Same latitude Northern Rivers (Australia)Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.
Terrain Elevation 365–6,480 m Mean elevation 2,236 m Measured over the whole outline on 81,145 elevation cells of about 1,053 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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