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{{Infobox Province AR|
{{short description|Province of Argentina}}
province = San Luis|
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| name = San Luis
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[[Image:Escudo COA San Luis province argentina.gif|100px]]<br><small>''Coat of Arms''</small>|
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capital = [[San Luis, Argentina|San Luis]]|
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area = 76,748|
| settlement_type = [[Provinces of Argentina|Province]]
population = 367,933 (2001)|
| image_skyline = Atardecer con el Cerro Negro.JPG
density = 4.8|
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governor = [[Alberto Rodríguez Saá]] |
| image_caption = View of the Cerro Negro
demonym = ''Puntano''|
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| leader_name = [[Claudio Poggi]] ([[Juntos por el Cambio|JxC]])
| leader_title1 = Senators
| leader_name1 = [[Bartolomé Abdala]], [[Ivana Arrascaeta]], [[Fernando Salino]]
| unit_pref = Metric<!-- or US or UK -->
| area_footnotes = <ref>{{cite web |title=San Luis (Province, Argentina) |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/San-Luis-province-Argentina |publisher=[[Encyclopaedia Britannica]] |access-date=23 March 2020}}</ref>
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| population_as_of = 2022 census<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.infobae.com/politica/2023/01/31/nuevos-datos-provisorios-del-censo-2022-argentina-tiene-46044703-habitantes/ |title=Nuevos datos provisorios del Censo 2022: Argentina tiene 46.044.703 habitantes |publisher=Infobae |date=31 January 2023 |access-date=2023-02-03}}</ref>
| population_rank = [[List of Argentine provinces by population|19th]]
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|demographics1_title1 = Total
|demographics1_info1 = [[US$]] 7.0 billion
|demographics1_title2 = Per capita
|demographics1_info2 = [[US$]] 13,500
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| blank_name = '''[[Human Development Index|HDI]]''' (2021)
| blank_info = 0.843 {{color|darkgreen|very high}} ([[List of Argentine provinces by Human Development Index|10th]])<ref name="ArgentinaHDI">{{cite web|title=El mapa del desarrollo humano en Argentina|url=https://www.undp.org/sites/g/files/zskgke326/files/2022-11/PNUD_ElMapaDelDesarrollo_FINAL_1.pdf|work=[[United Nations Development Programme]]|date=25 June 2023}}</ref>
| website = {{URL|sanluis.gov.ar}}
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'''San Luis''' is a [[Provinces of Argentina|province]] of [[Argentina]] located near the geographical center of the country (on the 32º South parallel). Neighboring provinces are, from the north [[clockwise]], [[La Rioja Province (Argentina)|La Rioja]], [[Córdoba Province (Argentina)|Córdoba]], [[La Pampa]], [[Mendoza Province|Mendoza]] and [[San Juan Province (Argentina)|San Juan]].
'''San Luis''' ({{IPA|es|san ˈlwis}}) is a [[Provinces of Argentina|province]] of [[Argentina]] located near the geographical center of the country (on the 32° South parallel). Neighboring provinces are, from the north [[clockwise]], [[La Rioja Province (Argentina)|La Rioja]], [[Córdoba Province, Argentina|Córdoba]], [[La Pampa Province|La Pampa]], [[Mendoza Province|Mendoza]] and [[San Juan Province (Argentina)|San Juan]].


==History==
==History==
[[File:Juan Saá.jpg|thumb|left|160px|Juan Saá, early advocate for provincial autonomy.]]
The present area of the San Luis Province was inhabited by different aboriginal tribes: Michilingües, [[Calchaquí]]es, Ranqueles, [[Puelche]]s, and [[Pehuenche]]s.
The city of [[San Luis, Argentina|San Luis]] was founded in 1594 by Luis Jufré de Loaysa y Meneses, but was subsequently abandoned. It was refounded by [[Martín García Óñez de Loyola]] in 1596 under the name ''San Luis de Loyola''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.agenciaelvigia.com.ar/provincia_de_san_luis.htm|title=PROVINCIA DE SAN LUIS|publisher=El Vigía|language=es|access-date=1 April 2013}}</ref>


[[File:Congreso Nacional Justicialista Potrero de los Funes.JPG|thumb|right|240px|San Luis [[Justicialist Party]] officials confer under the images of [[Juan Perón|Juan]] and [[Evita Perón]]. The Rodríguez Saá brothers are seated in the middle.]]
The city of [[San Luis, Argentina|San Luis]] was founded in [[1594]] by [[Luis Jufré de Loaysa y Meneses]], to be later abandoned after repeated attacks of the natives, and then again by [[Martín García Onez de Loyola]] in [[1596]] under the name ''San Luis de Loyola Nueva Medina de Río Seco''.


Since Argentina's return to democratic rule in 1983, in particular, the Rodríguez Saá family (of [[Peronist]] affiliation) has occupied the governor's seat. Former governor (now Senator) [[Adolfo Rodríguez Saá]] has overseen investment by light manufacturers (mostly food processors and bottling plants) and advances like the construction of Argentina's most extensive expressway network.<ref>[http://www.grupopayne.com.ar/archivo/01/0112/011211/institucionales/institucionales.html Grupo Payne] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531162607/http://www.grupopayne.com.ar/archivo/01/0112/011211/institucionales/institucionales.html |date=May 31, 2011 }}</ref> Since 2023, [[Claudio Poggi]] has been the governor of San Luis Province, a position he previously held from 2011 to 2015.<ref name="punto">{{cite web |title=Claudio Poggi inicia su gestión como Gobernador |url=http://www.puntoapartesanluis.com.ar/2559-Claudio_Poggi_inicia_su_gesti%C3%B3n_como_Gobernador.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121229222802/http://www.puntoapartesanluis.com.ar/2559-Claudio_Poggi_inicia_su_gesti%C3%B3n_como_Gobernador.html |archive-date=2012-12-29 |access-date=2024-12-01 |publisher=Punto Aparte}}</ref>
In [[1712]] the city was severely damaged in an attack of the aboriginal ''[[malón|malones]]'' and had to be rebuilt, along with a series of fortresses in that area.


==Economy==
Shortly after the creation of the [[Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata]] in [[1776]], the province was taken under the intendency of Córdoba and, in [[1813]], to the intendency of [[Cuyo, Argentina|Cuyo]]. On March [[1820]] the province declared its autonomy, and its constitution in [[1855]].


San Luis' economy has, over the past generation, been among the most improved in Argentina. Its 2006 output, estimated at US$3.386 billion, yielded a per capita income of US$9,203 (somewhat above the national average).<ref name=pbg>{{cite web|url=http://www.iader.org.ar/?x=crecimpcial06 |title=El déficit consolidado de las provincias rondará los $11.500 millones este año |publisher=Instituto Argentino para el Desarrollo de las Economías Regionales |language=es |access-date=10 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150711032049/http://www.iader.org.ar/?x=crecimpcial06 |archive-date=July 11, 2015 }}</ref>
The railway system reached San Luis in the year [[1875]], which led to the founding of small towns on its path, such as [[Villa Mercedes]] and [[Santa Rosa, San Luis|Santa Rosa]].


== Demographics==
During the [[1930s]]' crisis there was a massive exodus of almost half of the population of the province. It was reversed and stabilised after a tax reduction given to the province to encourage industrial development.


Historical evolution of the population of the province:
Since the return of Argentina to democratic rule in [[1983]] (and as of [[2005]]) the Rodríguez Saá family has managed to have a member on the governor's seat. This situation is usually explained by the opposition by long dated use of [[nepotism]] and [[propaganda]] of [[social welfare]] acts. In the last week of [[2001]], [[Adolfo Rodríguez Saá]] was [[ad interim|interim]] [[president of Argentina]] for 7 days, during the social instability of [[December 2001 riots (Argentina)|December 2001]].
{{historical populations|align=none|cols=2

|1778|6,956<ref>Sonia Tell (2008), ''Córdoba rural, una sociedad campesina (1750-1850)'', Buenos Aires: Prometeo Libros Editorial, pp, 55 (nota n°32), {{ISBN|978-987-574-267-3}},</ref>
==Geography and climate==
|1815|17,000<ref>Reynaldo Pastor (1970), [https://biblioteca.sanluis.gov.ar/info/san-luis-su-gloriosa-y-callada-gesta-1810-1967-00103264 San Luis, Su gloriosa y callada gesta, 1810-1867], Ciudad de San Luis, pp, 33</ref>
[[Image:Monte W Balde.jpg|thumb|290px|Brush landscape, near Chusnes]]
|1820|20,000-25,000<ref>Sir Woodbine Parish (1853), ''Buenos Aires y las provincias del Rio de la Plata: desde su descubrimiento y conquista por los Españoles'', Tomo II, Buenos Aires: Imprenta de Mayo, pp, 229</ref>

|1847|20,000<ref name= Sir >Sir Woodbine Parish, 1853: 450</ref>
The province has low sierras on the north neighboring the [[Pampas]], and another such system on the west with the ''Guayaguas'', ''Cantanal'', ''Quijadas'' and ''Alto Pencoso'' Sierras, typical of the [[Cuyo, Argentina|Cuyo region]].
|1853|30,000<ref name= Sir />

|1869|53,294<ref>Laura Marcela Méndez (2007), ''Las Efemérides En El Aula'', Buenos Aires: Noveduc Libros, pp, 204, {{ISBN|987-538-125-X}},</ref>
On the central and souther part of the province predominate [[flatland]]s, and the ''Pampa de las Salinas'' great salt lake at the centre [[depression (geology)|depression]].
|1895|81,450<ref>Mariela Ceva, Alejandro Fernández, Aníbal Jáuregui & Julio Stortini (2000), ''Historia Social Argentina En Documentos'', Buenos Aires: Editorial Biblos, pp, 108, {{ISBN|950-786-245-5}},</ref>

|1914|116,266<ref name= Ref1 >[http://www.mininterior.gov.ar/poblacion/archivos_estadisticas/EvolucionPoblacionProvincias1914.pdf Argentina: población total por regiones y provincias, Censos Nacionales de 1914, 1947, 1960, 1970, 1980,1991 y 2001]</ref>
Even though the weather of the province is [[temperate]]-arid, there are numerous areas with milder [[microclimate]]s, such as [[Villa de Merlo]], where the land is fertile and the air less dry as the eastern slope retains the humidity of the [[Atlantic Ocean]].
|1947|165,546<ref name= Ref1 />

|1960|174,316<ref name= Ref1 />
The main rivers of the provinces are the Conlara and Quinto, and the border rivers of [[Desaguadero River]] and [[Salado River]].
|1970|183,460<ref name= Ref1 />

|1980|214,416
==Economy==
|1991|286,458
Before the tax reduction for the industry applied in the province in [[1982]], its economy was based almost exclusively on agriculture (mainly [[maize]]), and [[cattle]], which is still very important specially related to [[diary|diaries]], meat plants, and [[tannery|tanneries]].
|2001|366,900

|2010|432,310
Of the industries installed in San Luis after the tax reform, mainly in the city of San Luis and in Villa Mercedes, it is worth mentioning the production of home appliances, textiles, ceramics, plastics, and paper/[[cardboard]] articles.
|2022|540,905

}}
Mining is concentrated on construction materials such as [[limestone]] and [[marble]], but also extracted are [[tungsten]], [[uranium]] and [[salt]].


==Tourism==
== Government ==
The provincial government is divided into three branches: the executive, headed by a popularly elected governor, who appoints the cabinet; the [[Legislative branch|legislative]]; and the [[Law of Argentina|judiciary]], headed by the Supreme Court.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}
Even though San Luis is not common destination for international tourism, it receives a lot of Argentinians searching for the oxygen-rich mild-weather sierras that produce the well known microclimate around Villa de Merlo. Other destinations include the capital city, the [[Sierra de las Quijadas National Park]], Valle de Conlara, El Trapiche, and the artificial lake of the Potrero de los Funes [[dam]].


==Political division==
==Political division==
The province is divided into nine departments (''departamentos'').
The province is divided into nine [[Departments of Argentina|departments]] (''departamentos'').
[[File:Amerian Palace Hotel Y Casino.jpg|thumb|right|240px|American Palace Hotel and Casino in [[Villa Mercedes, San Luis|Villa Mercedes]].]]

{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! Department || Capital
! Department || Capital
|-
|-
| Ayacucho || San Francisco de Monte de Oro
| [[Ayacucho Department, San Luis|Ayacucho]] || [[San Francisco del Monte de Oro]]
|-
|-
| Belgrano || Villa General Roca
| [[Belgrano Department, San Luis|Belgrano]] || [[Villa General Roca]]
|-
|-
| Capital || [[San Luis, Argentina|San Luis]]
| [[La Capital Department, San Luis|La Capital]] || [[San Luis, Argentina|San Luis]]
|-
|-
| Chacabuco || Concarán
| [[Chacabuco Department, San Luis|Chacabuco]] || [[Concarán]]
|-
|-
| Coronel Pringles || La Toma
| [[Coronel Pringles Department, San Luis|Coronel Pringles]] || La Toma
|-
|-
| General Pedernera || [[Villa Mercedes]]
| [[General Pedernera Department|General Pedernera]] || [[Villa Mercedes, San Luis|Villa Mercedes]]
|-
|-
| Gobernador Dupuy || Buena Esperanza
| [[Gobernador Dupuy Department, San Luis|Gobernador Dupuy]] || [[Buena Esperanza]]
|-
|-
| [[Junín Department, San Luis|Junín]] || [[Santa Rosa, San Luis|Santa Rosa]]
| [[Junín Department, San Luis|Junín]] || [[Santa Rosa del Conlara|Santa Rosa]]
|-
|-
| Libertador General San Martín || Libertador General San Martín
| [[Libertador General San Martín Department, San Luis|Libertador General San Martín]] || Libertador General San Martín
|}
|}

Source for department names:<ref name=cp>{{cite web|url=http://www.citypopulation.de/php/argentina-sanluis.php|title=Argentina: San Luis|publisher=City Population|access-date=5 October 2012}}</ref>

==Villages==
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<!---♦♦♦ Please keep the list in alphabetical order ♦♦♦--->
* [[Desaguadero, Argentina|Desaguadero]]

==References==
{{reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
* {{Commons category-inline|San Luis Province}}
* [http://www.sanluis.gov.ar/ Provincia de San Luis] - Official website (in Spanish)
* [http://www.sanluis.gov.ar/ Provincia de San Luis] - Official website (in Spanish)
* [http://www.argentour.com/sanluising.html Argentour: San Luis Province]
* [http://argentour.com/en/province/san_luis/san_luis.php Argentour: San Luis Province]


<gallery>
File:Ruta en Merlo.jpg|Landscape near Merlo.
File:Avenida Parque Gobernador Santos Ortiz hacia el Oeste.jpg|Expressway south of the city of San Luis. The province's highway network is among the most developed in Argentina.
File:Lago Potrero de los Funes.jpg|Lake Potrero de los Funes
File:Sierra_de_las_Quijadas,_San_Luis.jpg|Canyon in the Sierra de las Quijadas.
</gallery>

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Latest revision as of 18:44, 1 December 2024

San Luis
Province of San Luis
Provincia de San Luis (Spanish)
View of the Cerro Negro
View of the Cerro Negro
Flag of San Luis
Coat of arms of San Luis
CountryArgentina
CapitalSan Luis
Divisions9 departments
Government
 • GovernorClaudio Poggi (JxC)
 • SenatorsBartolomé Abdala, Ivana Arrascaeta, Fernando Salino
Area
 • Total
76,748 km2 (29,633 sq mi)
Population
 (2022 census[2])
 • Total
540,905
 • Rank19th
 • Density7.0/km2 (18/sq mi)
DemonymPuntano
GDP
 • TotalUS$ 7.0 billion
 • Per capitaUS$ 13,500
Time zoneUTC−3 (ART)
ISO 3166 codeAR-D
HDI (2021)0.843 very high (10th)[4]
Websitesanluis.gov.ar

San Luis (Spanish pronunciation: [san ˈlwis]) is a province of Argentina located near the geographical center of the country (on the 32° South parallel). Neighboring provinces are, from the north clockwise, La Rioja, Córdoba, La Pampa, Mendoza and San Juan.

History

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Juan Saá, early advocate for provincial autonomy.

The city of San Luis was founded in 1594 by Luis Jufré de Loaysa y Meneses, but was subsequently abandoned. It was refounded by Martín García Óñez de Loyola in 1596 under the name San Luis de Loyola.[5]

San Luis Justicialist Party officials confer under the images of Juan and Evita Perón. The Rodríguez Saá brothers are seated in the middle.

Since Argentina's return to democratic rule in 1983, in particular, the Rodríguez Saá family (of Peronist affiliation) has occupied the governor's seat. Former governor (now Senator) Adolfo Rodríguez Saá has overseen investment by light manufacturers (mostly food processors and bottling plants) and advances like the construction of Argentina's most extensive expressway network.[6] Since 2023, Claudio Poggi has been the governor of San Luis Province, a position he previously held from 2011 to 2015.[7]

Economy

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San Luis' economy has, over the past generation, been among the most improved in Argentina. Its 2006 output, estimated at US$3.386 billion, yielded a per capita income of US$9,203 (somewhat above the national average).[8]

Demographics

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Historical evolution of the population of the province:

Historical population
YearPop.±%
17786,956[9]—    
181517,000[10]+144.4%
182020,000-25,000[11]—    
184720,000[12]—    
185330,000[12]+50.0%
186953,294[13]+77.6%
189581,450[14]+52.8%
1914116,266[15]+42.7%
YearPop.±%
1947165,546[15]+42.4%
1960174,316[15]+5.3%
1970183,460[15]+5.2%
1980214,416+16.9%
1991286,458+33.6%
2001366,900+28.1%
2010432,310+17.8%
2022540,905+25.1%

Government

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The provincial government is divided into three branches: the executive, headed by a popularly elected governor, who appoints the cabinet; the legislative; and the judiciary, headed by the Supreme Court.[citation needed]

Political division

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The province is divided into nine departments (departamentos).

American Palace Hotel and Casino in Villa Mercedes.
Department Capital
Ayacucho San Francisco del Monte de Oro
Belgrano Villa General Roca
La Capital San Luis
Chacabuco Concarán
Coronel Pringles La Toma
General Pedernera Villa Mercedes
Gobernador Dupuy Buena Esperanza
Junín Santa Rosa
Libertador General San Martín Libertador General San Martín

Source for department names:[16]

Villages

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References

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  1. ^ "San Luis (Province, Argentina)". Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Nuevos datos provisorios del Censo 2022: Argentina tiene 46.044.703 habitantes". Infobae. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 2023-02-03.
  3. ^ "TelluBase—Argentina Fact Sheet (Tellusant Public Service Series)" (PDF). Tellusant. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
  4. ^ "El mapa del desarrollo humano en Argentina" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 25 June 2023.
  5. ^ "PROVINCIA DE SAN LUIS" (in Spanish). El Vigía. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  6. ^ Grupo Payne Archived May 31, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ "Claudio Poggi inicia su gestión como Gobernador". Punto Aparte. Archived from the original on 2012-12-29. Retrieved 2024-12-01.
  8. ^ "El déficit consolidado de las provincias rondará los $11.500 millones este año" (in Spanish). Instituto Argentino para el Desarrollo de las Economías Regionales. Archived from the original on July 11, 2015. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
  9. ^ Sonia Tell (2008), Córdoba rural, una sociedad campesina (1750-1850), Buenos Aires: Prometeo Libros Editorial, pp, 55 (nota n°32), ISBN 978-987-574-267-3,
  10. ^ Reynaldo Pastor (1970), San Luis, Su gloriosa y callada gesta, 1810-1867, Ciudad de San Luis, pp, 33
  11. ^ Sir Woodbine Parish (1853), Buenos Aires y las provincias del Rio de la Plata: desde su descubrimiento y conquista por los Españoles, Tomo II, Buenos Aires: Imprenta de Mayo, pp, 229
  12. ^ a b Sir Woodbine Parish, 1853: 450
  13. ^ Laura Marcela Méndez (2007), Las Efemérides En El Aula, Buenos Aires: Noveduc Libros, pp, 204, ISBN 987-538-125-X,
  14. ^ Mariela Ceva, Alejandro Fernández, Aníbal Jáuregui & Julio Stortini (2000), Historia Social Argentina En Documentos, Buenos Aires: Editorial Biblos, pp, 108, ISBN 950-786-245-5,
  15. ^ a b c d Argentina: población total por regiones y provincias, Censos Nacionales de 1914, 1947, 1960, 1970, 1980,1991 y 2001
  16. ^ "Argentina: San Luis". City Population. Retrieved 5 October 2012.
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