San Rafael Department

San Rafael is one of the departments of Mendoza Province, Argentina. The seat of the department is in the city of San Rafael.

Statistics

Geographical location: 34° 15´ to 36° southern latitude and 70° 10´ to 66° 55´ eastern longitude.
Area: 31,235 km²
Extension: 204 km from north to south. 298 km from east to west
Altitude: 750 m above sea level.

Neighboring departments

North: San Carlos Department, Santa Rosa Department, Mendoza and La Paz Department, Mendoza
East: San Luis Province and General Alvear Department
South: La Pampa Province and Malargüe Department
West: Chile.

Administration

The department is subdivided in 18 districts: Ciudad, El Cerrito, Cuadro Nacional, Las Malvinas District, El Sosneado, Las Paredes, La Llave, Cuadro Benegas, Cuadro Nacional, Cañada Seca, Goudge, Jaime Prats, Monte Comán, Rama Caída, Real del Padre, Punta del Agua, Villa Atuel and Villa 25 de Mayo.