San Juan occurs as province of Argentina, located in the west of the united states. Neighbouring provinces are, from a northward clockwise, La Rioja, San Luis and Mendoza. To the west restricts by using Chile.

History
Huarpes, Diaguitas, Capazanes, Olongastas and Yacampis, by using influences of the Inca empire, inhabited a vicinity prior to the arrival of the Spanish conquistadores.

A city of San Juan de la Frontera is founded by Juan Jufré y Montesa in 1562 and moved 2 kilometres south around 1593 imputable the frequent overflowing of the San Juan River.

Around 1776, season where San Juan passed to the Viceroyalty of the River Plate, an earthquake almost entirely destroyed a city.

San Juan was a great supporter of the San Martín expedition to cross the Andes, supplying gold, men and mules.

Within 1944 an even stronger chain of earthquakes raze the city killing 10,000 population.

Geography and climate
A province is a share of the continental semi-desert Cuyo region. Within it, a arid plains on the East, using two or three moo Sierras, fleetly transform into across 6,000 meter high mountain peaks on the West, two those of the dry hot Zonda wind. Virtually all of a precipitations choose place when you took the summers, typically when storms.

A hot wind modeled a clay-rich red soil into Pampa del Leoncito (Reserva Natural Estricta El Leoncito) & Valle de la Luna (Parque Provincial Ischigualasto) 200 million year old geological formations.

A Jáchal & San Juan Streams, lakes, and wells throughout, two of the body of the Desaguadero River, are a source of fertile vale & centre of the province's economy. A San Juan Flow of any stream ends in the Huanacache laguna (for instance known as Guanacache), on the southeast.

Economy
Viticulture is the independent crop of the province's economy traditionally linked to agriculture, by having a few Five hundred km² (56% of the productive area), and the later wine production from 90% of the crop. San Juan is a 2nd wine producer when the Mendoza Province. More plantations include tomato, maize, potato, fig, peach and many others.

As well significant is the mining industry of super different materials, from either gold and lead to graphite and clay. More industries include food industry & preserve, cloth & mineral processing.

Energy productiin is chiefly centred on two or three dams such as Embalse Ullum, Dique delaware la Roza, Dique San Emiliano & El Pinar Station, which as well support regulate fluids a level for irrigation of the arid lands. Electricity is too produced, inside the lesser percentage, by hydrocarbons.

A touristry is does'nt super developed in the province & consist principally of local visitant. Its independent attractions come a city of San Juan (and birth home of Sarmiento) the Ischigualasto Provincial Park, Represa de Ullum, Pismanta hot baths, & a pagan Difunta Correa shrine.

Political division
A province is divided into Xix departments (Spanish: departamentos).

Department (Capital)