Maipú Department is a department and municipality 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

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...

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The department covers 617 km² and a population of 153,600 ; its capital is Maipú

Maipú, Mendoza

Maipú is a city in Mendoza Province, Argentina. It is the capital of the Maipú Department. It is located a short distance from the provincial capital, Mendoza....

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The department was created in 1858 and named in memory of the Battle of Maipú

Battle of Maipú

The Battle of Maipú was a battle fought near Santiago, Chile on April 5, 1818 between South American rebels and Spanish royalists, during the Chilean War of Independence...

, which took place in Chile

Chile

Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...

, 1818 during the South American Wars of Independence.

Districts

• Maipú
  Maipú, Mendoza
  Maipú is a city in Mendoza Province, Argentina. It is the capital of the Maipú Department. It is located a short distance from the provincial capital, Mendoza....
  
  
• Coquimbito
  Coquimbito
  Coquimbito is a rural district in the Maipú Department, Mendoza Province, Argentina. It is located in the southeast of the metropolitan area of Mendoza , and is administratively part of the municipality of Maipú...
  
  
• Cruz de Piedra
• Fray Luis Beltrán
• General Gutiérrez
• General Ortega
• Las Barrancas
• Lunlunta
  Lunlunta
  Lunlunta is a district of the Maipú Department in the Mendoza Province, in the western side of Argentina. It is located about 20 minutes away from Mendoza City.The town is home of many wineries and vineyards.-External links: in Los Andes*...
  
  
• Luzuriaga
• Rodeo del Medio
• Russell
• San Roque

Sport

Maipú is home to Club Deportivo Maipú, a football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 club that play in the regionalised 4th Division

Torneo Argentino B

Torneo Argentino B is one of two leagues that form the regionalised fourth level of the Argentine football league system. Clubs in Torneo Argentinos B come from all over Argentina....

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External links

• Municipal website (Spanish)
• Club Deportivo Maipú (Spanish)