Map of the province of San Luis and its departments
Map of the province of San Luis and its departments.
The Province of San Luis or, more briefly, "San Luis" is one of the 23 provinces in the Argentine Republic. In turn, it is one of the 24 self-governing states or jurisdictions of the first order that make up the country, and one of the 24 national legislative electoral districts. The capital and most populated city is the homonym city of San Luis. It is located southeast of the region of Nuevo Cuyo, in the west of the country, bounded on the north by La Rioja, on the east by Córdoba, on the southeast and south by the Province of La Pampa, on the west by the Desaguadero River that separates it from Mendoza, and to the northwest with San Juan. With 432 310 inhabitants in 2010, it is the sixth less populated first order jurisdiction - ahead of Catamarca, La Rioja, Province of La Pampa, Santa Cruz and Tierra del Fuego, the least populated -, and with 76 748 km² the sixth less extensive first order jurisdiction - ahead of Formosa, Jujuy, Misiones, Tucuman and the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA) (the least extensive), and with 5.6 inhabitants/km², the seventh least densely populated, ahead of La Rioja, Catamarca, Río Negro, Chubut, the Province of La Pampa and Santa Cruz, the least densely populated.
The province of San Luis is divided into 9 departments.
The Province of San Luis or, more briefly, "San Luis" is one of the 23 provinces in the Argentine Republic. In turn, it is one of the 24 self-governing states or jurisdictions of the first order that make up the country, and one of the 24 national legislative electoral districts. The capital and most populated city is the homonym city of San Luis. It is located southeast of the region of Nuevo Cuyo, in the west of the country, bounded on the north by La Rioja, on the east by Córdoba, on the southeast and south by the Province of La Pampa, on the west by the Desaguadero River that separates it from Mendoza, and to the northwest with San Juan. With 432 310 inhabitants in 2010, it is the sixth less populated first order jurisdiction - ahead of Catamarca, La Rioja, Province of La Pampa, Santa Cruz and Tierra del Fuego, the least populated -, and with 76 748 km² the sixth less extensive first order jurisdiction - ahead of Formosa, Jujuy, Misiones, Tucuman and the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA) (the least extensive), and with 5.6 inhabitants/km², the seventh least densely populated, ahead of La Rioja, Catamarca, Río Negro, Chubut, the Province of La Pampa and Santa Cruz, the least densely populated.
The province of San Luis is divided into 9 departments.
