Las Heras is a department

Departments of Argentina

Departments form the second level of administrative division in the provinces of Argentina. There are no departments in the city of Buenos Aires, which has so far been divided into neighbourhoods as its administrative divisions, but is to be divided now into communes by a recently passed local act...

 located in the north west of Mendoza Province

Mendoza Province

The Province of Mendoza is a province of Argentina, located in the western central part of the country in the Cuyo region. It borders to the north with San Juan, the south with La Pampa and Neuquén, the east with San Luis, and to the west with the republic of Chile; the international limit is...

 in Argentina

Argentina

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The provincial subdivision has a population of about 183,000 inhabitants in an area of 8,955km², and its capital city is Las Heras

Las Heras, Mendoza

Las Heras is a city in the province of Mendoza, Argentina, located in the north of the metropolitan area of the provincial capital . It has more than 180,000 inhabitants as per the and is the head town of the department of the same name....

, which is located around 1,095km from Capital Federal. The province's international airport, Governor Francisco Gabrielli International Airport

Governor Francisco Gabrielli International Airport

Governor Francisco Gabrielli International Airport , better known as El Plumerillo International Airport, is located northeast of the center of Mendoza, a city in the Mendoza Province of Argentina...

 is located within this subdivision.

Name

The Partido and its capital are named after General Juan Gregorio de las Heras

Juan Gregorio de las Heras

Grand Marshal Juan Gregorio de Las Heras was an Argentine soldier who took part in the Spanish American wars of independence and was also a governor of the province of Buenos Aires.-Biography:...

 (1780-1866), a military leader during the Argentine War of Independence

Argentine War of Independence

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Districts

• Cieneguita

• El Algarrobal

• El Borbollón

• El Challao

• El Pastal

• El Plumerillo

• El Resguardo

• El Zapallar

• Las Cuevas

• Las Heras
  Las Heras, Mendoza
  Las Heras is a city in the province of Mendoza, Argentina, located in the north of the metropolitan area of the provincial capital . It has more than 180,000 inhabitants as per the and is the head town of the department of the same name....
  
  

• Panquehua

• Punta de Vacas
  Punta de Vacas
  Punta De Vacas, meaning "cows point", is a hamlet in Mendoza Province, Argentina between Mendoza and Puente del Inca, not far from the border with Chile. The city was once served by the now disused Transandine Railway which ran from Mendoza in Argentina to Los Andes in Chile.From there, the...
  
  

• Uspallata
  Uspallata
  Uspallata is a village, and an administrative district, in Argentina in a scenic location on the road which crosses the Andes between Mendoza and Santiago in Chile. It is located west of Mendoza and was once served by the now disused Transandine Railway which passed through the town on its way...
  
  

Geography

The mountains of the Andes

Andes

The Andes is the world's longest continental mountain range. It is a continual range of highlands along the western coast of South America. This range is about long, about to wide , and of an average height of about .Along its length, the Andes is split into several ranges, which are separated...

 act as a natural border between Argentina and Chile

Chile

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, the mountain range forms much of the western part of the department of Las heras.

Mount Aconcagua

Aconcagua

Aconcagua is the highest mountain in the Americas at . It is located in the Andes mountain range, in the Argentine province of Mendoza and it lies west by north of its capital, the city of Mendoza. The summit is also located about 5 kilometres from San Juan Province and 15 kilometres from the...

 is located in Las Heras Department, at 6,962 metres above sea level it holds many records, including:

• The highest mountain in South America
  South America
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• The Highest Mountain in all of the Americas.

• The highest mountain in the Southern Hemisphere
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• The highest mountain outside of the continent of Asia
  Asia
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The people of Las Heras are proud to have such an important mountain in their department, and as one of the Seven Summits

Seven Summits

The Seven Summits are the highest mountains of each of the seven continents. Summiting all of them is regarded as a mountaineering challenge, first postulated as such and achieved on April 30, 1985 by Richard Bass .-Definition:...

it brings a great number of mountaineers and sightseers to the region.

External links

• Municipal Site
• Tourist Information (Spanish)