Aberastain
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Villa Aberastain is an Argentine
city of the province of San Juan
, head of the department Pocito, and the headquarters of the municipal authorities of the department. Villa Aberastain is within the so-called Valley of Tulum, the main agricultural oasis in the province is concentrated and where 90% of the provincial population. The village is located about 15 kilometres from the low foothills of the Great St. John. National Route No. 40 passes a few kilometres east of the town and communicates with the provincial capital and the city of Mendoza.
The Sierra Chica de Zonda is located about four kilometres west, however, all the ejido of the town is settled in the alluvial plains formed east of the same.
Being a city its economy is based on wine
production and the cultivation of vegetables and fruit
, with some industrialization of the same. These crops are possible because of irrigation caused by several different channels, including the most important is the channel Cespedes. The smallholding is the most widely practiced.
Aberastain The town has a modern appearance as all, that is well drawn and paved streets, wide sidewalks with mosaic floors and an expendida vegetation as banana trees, havens and mulberry which stood along the streets.
Their arteries (streets) are the most important avenue Antonino Aberastain here focuses more intensely commercial activity of different items and Marcos Avenue Zalasar or commonly called by pocitanos "Calle 11" has a very picturesque boulevard recently opened.
The town has in its main square with a replica of the Statue of Liberty 4 meters high. Same donated by France to Buenos Aires on the occasion of the centenary celebrations of the May Revolution, but for reasons unclear this ended up being sent to this sanjuanina town.
in the town Aberastain, consists of bus
lines (collective), whose lines are operated by companies is a Company in May. It's company has lines connecting the town with the city of San Juan and other districts of the Department Pocito as La Rinconada and fifth quarters. Other company is New South, is responsible for connecting to the Villa Aberastain with Media Village Wate, and the Company The company manages Triumph is the line that connects the town with the District of Médano Gold and Villa Krause
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Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
city of the province of San Juan
San Juan Province (Argentina)
San Juan is a province of Argentina, located in the western part of the country. Neighbouring provinces are, moving clockwise from the north, La Rioja, San Luis and Mendoza. It borders with Chile at the west....
, head of the department Pocito, and the headquarters of the municipal authorities of the department. Villa Aberastain is within the so-called Valley of Tulum, the main agricultural oasis in the province is concentrated and where 90% of the provincial population. The village is located about 15 kilometres from the low foothills of the Great St. John. National Route No. 40 passes a few kilometres east of the town and communicates with the provincial capital and the city of Mendoza.
The Sierra Chica de Zonda is located about four kilometres west, however, all the ejido of the town is settled in the alluvial plains formed east of the same.
Economy
Wine
Wine is an alcoholic beverage, made of fermented fruit juice, usually from grapes. The natural chemical balance of grapes lets them ferment without the addition of sugars, acids, enzymes, or other nutrients. Grape wine is produced by fermenting crushed grapes using various types of yeast. Yeast...
production and the cultivation of vegetables and fruit
Fruit
In broad terms, a fruit is a structure of a plant that contains its seeds.The term has different meanings dependent on context. In non-technical usage, such as food preparation, fruit normally means the fleshy seed-associated structures of certain plants that are sweet and edible in the raw state,...
, with some industrialization of the same. These crops are possible because of irrigation caused by several different channels, including the most important is the channel Cespedes. The smallholding is the most widely practiced.
Population
It has 8,946 inhabitants (INDEC, 2001), which represents an increase of 36.0% compared with 6,578 inhabitants (INDEC, 1991) of the previous census. Villa Aberastain form a single urban agglomerate together with the nearby town of La Rinconada, called Aberastain - La Rinconada, whose population amounted to 11,879 inhabitants (INDEC, 2001), this magnitude puts his fourth agglomerate of the province.Urban Appearance
Their arteries (streets) are the most important avenue Antonino Aberastain here focuses more intensely commercial activity of different items and Marcos Avenue Zalasar or commonly called by pocitanos "Calle 11" has a very picturesque boulevard recently opened.
The town has in its main square with a replica of the Statue of Liberty 4 meters high. Same donated by France to Buenos Aires on the occasion of the centenary celebrations of the May Revolution, but for reasons unclear this ended up being sent to this sanjuanina town.
- Freedom Square is the largest green space, was Refurbished recently making it a very picturesque site has a colorful vegetation, children's games and a variety of monuments such as the Mariana India (indigenous huarpe who lived in the vicinity) and Statue of Liberty.
- Parish Church: this has an architecture that most rare and different from any other church, is a "square" and very modern. Resguarda the image of the patron saint of the department is Santa Barbara, in the month of December was the patron saint festivities relazan
- City Hall: located off the main square, which is administered by the department by the mayor, also has a modern architecture and is in very good condition and is the headquarters of the Civil Registry.
Transportation
Public transportTransport
Transport or transportation is the movement of people, cattle, animals and goods from one location to another. Modes of transport include air, rail, road, water, cable, pipeline, and space. The field can be divided into infrastructure, vehicles, and operations...
in the town Aberastain, consists of bus
Bus
A bus is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. Buses can have a capacity as high as 300 passengers. The most common type of bus is the single-decker bus, with larger loads carried by double-decker buses and articulated buses, and smaller loads carried by midibuses and minibuses; coaches are...
lines (collective), whose lines are operated by companies is a Company in May. It's company has lines connecting the town with the city of San Juan and other districts of the Department Pocito as La Rinconada and fifth quarters. Other company is New South, is responsible for connecting to the Villa Aberastain with Media Village Wate, and the Company The company manages Triumph is the line that connects the town with the District of Médano Gold and Villa Krause
Villa Krause
Villa Krause is the city of the Argentine of San Juan in the Cuyo region, located in the Tulúm Valley, west of the San Juan River, at 640 m above mean sea level, with a population of around 107,000 as per the ....
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