San Juan

San Juan is the capital city of , in the central-west region of , about 150 km north of . The province has a large Triassic period fossil record, believed to be one of the largest in the world.
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  • Type: City with 522,000 residents
  • Description: capital of San Juan Province, Argentina
  • Also known as: “San Juan, Argentina” and “San Juan, San Juan”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Estadio Aldo Cantoni and Casa Natal de Domingo Faustino Sarmiento.

Stadium
Photo: Gonce, CC BY 3.0.
The is an arena located in the city of San Juan, capital of . Inaugurated in July 1967, it is mainly use by local clubs UPCN and Obras Pocito for their home matches for the Serie A1, the top level of the men's volleyball league system.

Museum
Photo: EagLau, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a museum.

Hospital
Photo: Gonce, CC BY 3.0.

San Juan

Latitude
-31.5371° or 31° 32′ 14″ south
Longitude
-68.5252° or 68° 31′ 31″ west
Population
522,000
Elevation
646 metres (2,119 feet)
IATA airport code
UAQ
United Nations Location Code
AR UAQ
Open location code
47WHFF7F+5W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 198421467
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
3837213
Wiki­data ID
Q44241
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“San Juan” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سان خوان، الأرجنتين”
  • Arabic: “سان خوان”
  • Armenian: “Սան Խուան”
  • Basque: “San Juan”
  • Belarusian: “Сан-Хуан (Аргенціна)”
  • Belarusian: “Сан-Хуан”
  • Bengali: “সান হুয়ান”
  • Breton: “San Juan”
  • Bulgarian: “Сан Хуан”
  • Catalan: “San Juan (Argentina)”
  • Catalan: “San Juan de la Frontera”
  • Catalan: “San Juan”
  • Cebuano: “San Juan”
  • Chinese: “圣胡安”
  • Chinese: “聖胡安”
  • Czech: “San Juan”
  • Danish: “San Juan”
  • Dutch: “San Juan”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سان خوان, الارجنتين”
  • Esperanto: “San Juan”
  • Finnish: “San Juan”
  • French: “San Juan”
  • Galician: “San Juan, Arxentina”
  • Galician: “San Juan”
  • Georgian: “სან-ხუანი”
  • German: “San Juan”
  • Greek: “Σαν Χουάν”
  • Gujarati: “સેન જુઆન”
  • Hebrew: “סן חואן”
  • Hindi: “सैन हुआन”
  • Hungarian: “San Juan”
  • Indonesian: “San Juan, Argentina”
  • Irish: “San Juan”
  • Italian: “San Juan”
  • Japanese: “サン・フアン”
  • Japanese: “サンフアン”
  • Kannada: “ಸ್ಯಾನ್ ಜುವಾನ್”
  • Korean: “산후안”
  • Latin: “Sanctus Ioannes a Cuio”
  • Latvian: “Sanhuana”
  • Lithuanian: “San Chuanas”
  • Malay: “San Juan”
  • Marathi: “सॅन जुआन”
  • Northern Frisian: “San Juan”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “San Juan”
  • Norwegian: “San Juan”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “San Juan”
  • Ossetian: “Сан-Хуан (Аргентинæ)”
  • Ossetian: “Сан-Хуан”
  • Persian: “سان خوآن، آرژانتین”
  • Polish: “San Juan”
  • Portuguese: “San Juan, Argentina”
  • Portuguese: “San Juan”
  • Portuguese: “São João”
  • Romanian: “San Juan, Argentina”
  • Romanian: “San Juan”
  • Russian: “Сан-Хуан”
  • Serbian: “Сан Хуан”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “San Juan”
  • Sinhala: “සැන් ජුවන්, ආර්ජන්ටිනාව”
  • Sinhala: “සැන් ජුවන්”
  • Slovak: “San Juan”
  • Slovenian: “San Juan”
  • South Azerbaijani: “سان خوآن، آرژانتین”
  • Spanish: “Ciudad de San Juan”
  • Spanish: “San Juan”
  • Swedish: “San Juan, Argentina”
  • Swedish: “San Juan”
  • Tagalog: “Lalawigan ng San Juan (Arhentina)”
  • Tagalog: “Lalawigan ng San Juan”
  • Tamil: “சான் ஜுவான்”
  • Tatar: “Сан-Хван (Аргентина)”
  • Tatar: “Сан-Хван”
  • Telugu: “సాన్ జువాన్”
  • Thai: “ซานฆวน”
  • Turkish: “San Juan, Arjantin”
  • Turkish: “San Juan”
  • Ukrainian: “Сан-Хуан”
  • Urdu: “سان خوآن، ارجنٹائن”
  • Venetian: “San Juan”
  • Vietnamese: “San Juan, Argentina”
  • Vietnamese: “San Juan”
  • Volapük: “San Juan”
  • Waray (Philippines): “San Juan, Arhentina”
  • Welsh: “San Juan”
  • Western Panjabi: “سان جوآن”
  • “San Juan”
  • “San Juan, Argentina”

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