Jáchal Department
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JÁCHAL Departamento Jáchal |
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.png) location of Jáchal Department in San Juan Province |
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| Coordinates: 30°13′S 68°35′W / 30.217°S 68.583°W | |
| Country | Argentina |
| Established | June 25, 1776 |
| Founded by | Juan de Echegaray |
| Seat | San José de Jáchal |
| Area | |
| • Total | 14 km2 (5 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 21.018 (2,001 census [INDEC]) |
| Postal Code | SJ5400 |
| IFAM | SJU007 |
| Area Code | 0264 |
| Patron saint | San José |
| Website | http://www.jachal.gov.ar/ |
Jáchal is a department of the province of San Juan (Argentina). It is located north of the same by making, characterized by its first level agricultural production, which emphasizes the planting of onion. The city is also known as the cradle of tradition.
The name of the department is a native language meaning river of the groves or land or district metals.
Jáchal The department is in the northern center of the Province of San Juan, north, about 150 km of City of San Juan, it has 14,749 km ² what you get placed in third place among the departments with the largest areas of the province, after Calingasta and Iglesia. Its boundaries are:
The department has a relief Jáchal has two distinct structures. The mountains belonging to the edge of the foothills in the direction from north to south, are located to the west forming a natural boundary with the Iglesia Department, highlighting the hills, Colorado, Alto Mayo, Yellow and Glen Wells. The Fertile Valley Serani surrounding the eastern valleys separating Jáchal and Huaco.
From the standpoint of the department is irrigodo water by rivers Jáchal, second in importance to the provincial level, supplying the homonymous valley, located in the center west of the department. The river irrigates the valley Huaco same name and is where the dam the Cauquenes is one of the mirrors of water present in the apartment next to the diverter Pachimoco and the Bermejo River, this river is temporary and that feeds on rainwater.
The flora is composed of jarillas, challenge you, carob, chañares, booby bird, and so on. In the case of the fauna are distinguished fox, rhea, condor, Chun, partridges, guanacos and silversides, as well as various reptiles and arachnids, are the local fauna.
Jáchal's economy is centered on the agriculture, highlighting numerous plantations of vegetable s, such as onion, the third product in the province of San Juan most exported after the vine and olive. Variasdas also produced a fruit s (with a predominance of quince), olives and develops a significant production of alfalfa.
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