San Juan

San Juan Province is a province of Argentina, located in the western part of the country. Neighbouring provinces are, moving clockwise from the north, La Rioja, and .
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Top destinations include San Juan and Ischigualasto Provincial Park.

is the capital city of province, 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.

is in the region of . It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site with in La Rioja.

is a protected natural area in the Andes mountains of San Juan province of . It includes a representative sample of the Central Andean Puna and the Southern Andean steppe biodiversity in good state of conservation, as well as historical and paleontological sites.

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is a city in the northeast of the province of San Juan, Argentina, located on National Route 40, south of the . It has 21,018 inhabitants per the 2001 census, and is the head town of the .

is a protected natural area in the Andean highlands of San Juan Province in western . The park was established to provide habitat for the vicuña and other mountain-dwelling animals. The area is a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve.

or Valle Fértil is a village in the San Juan province in , near the .

is a village in the San Juan province in , near the Andes Cordillera.

San Juan

Latitude of center
-31° or 31° south
Longitude of center
-69° or 69° west
Population
818,000
Elevation
2,269 metres (7,444 feet)
Abbreviation
“SJ”
Geo­Names ID
3837152
Wiki­data ID
Q44805
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Yue Chinese—“San Juan” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: ሳን ሁዋን
  • Arabic: سان خوان
  • Armenian: Սան Խուան
  • Aymara: San Juan jisk’a suyu
  • Azerbaijani: San Juan
  • Basque: San Juan probintzia
  • Belarusian: Правінцыя Сан-Хуан
  • Belarusian: Сан-Хуан
  • Bengali: সান হুয়ান প্রদেশ
  • Breton: Proviñs San Juan
  • Bulgarian: Сан Хуан
  • Catalan: Província de San Juan
  • Cebuano: Provincia de San Juan
  • Chinese: San Juan Séng
  • Chinese: 圣胡安省
  • Chinese: 聖環省
  • Chinese: 聖胡安省
  • Czech: San Juan
  • Danish: Provincia de San Juan
  • Danish: Provinsen San Juan
  • Danish: San Juan Province
  • Danish: San Juan
  • Dutch: San Juan
  • Esperanto: Provinco San Juan
  • Esperanto: Provinco Sankta Johano
  • Esperanto: San Juan
  • Finnish: San Juanin maakunta
  • French: Province de San Juan
  • French: San Juan
  • Galician: Provincia de San Juan
  • Georgian: სან-ხუანის პროვინცია
  • German: Provinz San Juan
  • German: San Juan
  • Greek: Επαρχία Σαν Χουάν
  • Greek: Σαν Χουάν
  • Gujarati: સેન જુઆન પ્રાંત
  • Hausa: San Juan
  • Hebrew: סן חואן
  • Hindi: सैन जुआन प्रान्त, अर्जेन्टीना
  • Hindi: सैन जुआन प्रान्त
  • Hungarian: San Juan tartomány
  • Icelandic: San Juan-hérað (Argentínu)
  • Icelandic: San Juan-hérað
  • Indonesian: Provinsi San Juan, Argentina
  • Indonesian: Provinsi San Juan
  • Indonesian: San juan
  • Italian: Provincia di San Juan
  • Italian: San Juan
  • Japanese: サンフアン州
  • Javanese: San Juan
  • Kannada: ಸ್ಯಾನ್ ಜುವಾನ್ ಪ್ರಾಂತ್ಯ
  • Kazakh: Сан-Хуан
  • Kirghiz: Сан-Хуан
  • Korean: 산후안주
  • Ladino: San Juan
  • Latvian: Sanhuanas province
  • Lithuanian: San Chuano provincija
  • Lombard: San Juan
  • Luxembourgish: Provincia de San Juan
  • Luxembourgish: San Juan
  • Macedonian: Сан Хуан
  • Malay: Wilayah San Juan
  • Malayalam: സാൻ ജുവാൻ പ്രവിശ്യ
  • Marathi: सान हुआन प्रांत
  • Mazanderani: سان خوآن، آرژانتین اوستان
  • Min Nan Chinese: San Juan Séng
  • Minangkabau: Provinsi San Juan, Argentina
  • Mirandese: San Juan
  • Northern Frisian: San Juan
  • Norwegian Bokmål: San Juan
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: San Juan-provinsen
  • Norwegian: San Juan
  • Occitan (post 1500): Província de San Juan
  • Oromo: San Juan
  • Ossetian: Сан-Хуан (провинци, Аргентинæ)
  • Ossetian: Сан-Хуан
  • Panjabi: ਸਾਨ ਜੁਆਨ
  • Persian: استان سان خوآن، آرژانتین
  • Persian: ایالت سن خوآن
  • Piemontese: San Juan (provincia)
  • Piemontese: San Juan
  • Polish: San Juan
  • Portuguese: Província de San Juan
  • Portuguese: San Juan
  • Pushto: سان خوان
  • Quechua: San Juan wamani
  • Romanian: Provincia San Juan
  • Romanian: San Juan
  • Russian: Сан-Хуан
  • Samogitian: San Chuana provincėjė
  • Scots: San Juan Province, Argentinae
  • Scots: San Juan Province
  • Serbian: Сан Хуан
  • Serbo-Croatian: San Juan (provincija, Argentina)
  • Serbo-Croatian: San Juan
  • Sinhala: සැන් ජුවාන් පළාත, ආර්ජන්ටිනාව
  • Sinhala: සැන් ජුවාන් පළාත
  • Slovak: San Juan
  • Slovenian: San Juan
  • Somali: San Juan
  • South Azerbaijani: سن خوآن ایالتی
  • Spanish: Provincia de San Juan
  • Spanish: San Juan
  • Swahili: Mkoa wa San Juan
  • Swedish: San Juan
  • Tajik: Сан-Хуан
  • Tamil: சான் ஜுவான் மாகாணம்
  • Tatar: Сан-Хуан (правинсә)
  • Tatar: Сан-Хуан
  • Telugu: సాన్ జువాన్ ప్రావిన్స్
  • Telugu: సాన్ జువాన్ రాష్ట్రభాగం
  • Thai: รัฐซานฆวน
  • Turkish: San Juan eyaleti
  • Turkish: San Juan
  • Ukrainian: Сан-Хуан
  • Urdu: صوبہ سان خوآن، ارجنٹائن
  • Uzbek: San Juan
  • Venetian: Provincia de San Juan
  • Venetian: San Juan Province
  • Vietnamese: San Juan
  • Volapük: San Juan
  • Waray (Philippines): San Juan
  • Welsh: Talaith San Juan
  • Western Panjabi: صوبہ سان جوآن
  • Wu Chinese: 圣胡安省 (阿根廷)
  • Wu Chinese: 圣胡安省(阿根廷)
  • Wu Chinese: 圣胡安省
  • Yue Chinese: 聖環省 (阿根廷)
  • Yue Chinese: 聖環省
  • Provincia de San Juan
  • San Chuana provincėjė
  • San Juan

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