San Martín 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 centre 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 108,500 inhabitants in an area of 1,504km², and its capital city is San Martín

San Martín, Mendoza

San Martín is a city in the north-center part of the Mendoza Province in Argentina. It is the capital of the San Martín Department and constitutes, with Palmira and La Colonia, the third-largest metropolitan area in the province.-History:...

, which is located around 1,100km from Capital Federal.

Name

The Department and its cabecera (capital) are named in honour of General San Martín

José de San Martín

José Francisco de San Martín, known simply as Don José de San Martín , was an Argentine general and the prime leader of the southern part of South America's successful struggle for independence from Spain.Born in Yapeyú, Corrientes , he left his mother country at the...

 (1778-1850), the military leader that led the Argentine forces to victory over the Spanish Empire

Spanish Empire

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 during the Argentine War of Independence

Argentine War of Independence

The Argentine War of Independence was fought from 1810 to 1818 by Argentine patriotic forces under Manuel Belgrano, Juan José Castelli and José de San Martín against royalist forces loyal to the Spanish crown...

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Districts

• Alto Salvador

• Alto Verde

• Buen Orden

• Chapanay

• Chivilcoy, Mendoza

• El Central

• El Divisadero, Mendoza

• El Espino
  El Espino
  El Espino is a small village which is included in the municipality of Suellacabras, Soria province, autonomous community of Castilla y León, Spain. The village is located at a height of 1264 m, near the Almuerzo range. The climate is continental, very cold in winter and hot in summer. El Espino is...
  
  

• El Ramblón

• Las Chimbas

• Montecaseros

• Nueva California

• Palmira, Mendoza

• San Martín
  San Martín, Mendoza
  San Martín is a city in the north-center part of the Mendoza Province in Argentina. It is the capital of the San Martín Department and constitutes, with Palmira and La Colonia, the third-largest metropolitan area in the province.-History:...
  
  

• Tres Porteñas

Sport

The city of San Martín is home to Atlético Club San Martín

San Martín de Mendoza

Atlético Club San Martín is a football club from the city of San Martín in Mendoza Province, Argentina...

, 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 currently playing 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)
• Viví San Martín (Spanish)
• Atlético Club San Martín (Spanish)