Mendoza

Mendoza is a city in Argentina, close to the tall Andes mountains.

The land around it is dry, but the city is full of green trees.

Mendoza lies in western Argentina, 700 meters above sea level at the foot of the Andes. The French encyclopedia Universalis calls it an oasis city, the capital of a province with the same name.

Argentina's census of 18 May 2022 counted 127,160 people in Mendoza's Capital Department. The whole Mendoza urban area had 1,056,893 people living in households, the fourth largest urban area on City Population's list for Argentina.

Universalis ('MENDOZA', Romain Gaignard): an oasis and sub-Andean city, capital of a province of the same name (148,827 km², 1,579,651 inhabitants at the 2001 census); it leads the development of the dry regions of sub-Andean Argentina, from Jujuy to the río Negro; its agglomeration (848,660 in 2001) is the metropolis of the rich irrigated areas developed since 1880 at the foot of the Andes of Cuyo; the city lies at 700 m on the glacis of the precordillera and the northern edge of the fan built and then cut by the río Mendoza. City Population (INDEC): Capital Department 121,620 (1991), 110,993 (2001), 115,041 (2010), 127,160 (census 18 May 2022); the locality of Mendoza 123,516 (2022); Mendoza agglomeration 773,113 (1991), 848,732 (2001), 937,154 (2010), 1,056,893 (2022), computed to INDEC's 2022 definition, the 2022 figure counting people in private households only; fourth on the list of major agglomerations; Mendoza Province 2,043,540 (2022).

Look at the tall buildings, some pale and some red!

Green treetops grow in front, and mountains rise far behind.

Itsmemarttin took this wide view over Mendoza on 9 June 2011. Tall buildings in pale, yellow and red-brown colors stand close together, thick green treetops fill the front, and gray-blue mountains rise behind under a blue sky with white clouds.

On Wikidata, Plaza Chile, a city square, is about 0.5 kilometers north-northwest of the city's point, and the Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, a university, about 3.3 kilometers west-northwest.

Commons: File:Ciudad de Mendoza, la cuarta ciudad más poblada del país..jpg, by Itsmemarttin (own work, CC BY-SA 3.0), dated 9 June 2011, uploaded 7 April 2014; his Spanish description in the first page version: 'City of Mendoza, the fourth most populous city of the country' (his words; the current description, changed later, says 'metropolis'); his first page version had no categories. Seen in the 1,280-pixel copy: many tall buildings in pale, yellow and red-brown tones, green treetops in front, a few tall thin masts, gray-blue mountains behind, blue sky with white clouds. Wikidata from the city point (Q44237): Plaza Chile (Q21043213), a square, 0.46 km NNW; Metrotranvía of Mendoza (Q1337838) 0.56 km W; Mendoza train station (Q18417796) 0.84 km NNW; Universidad Nacional de Cuyo (Q1076209) 3.28 km WNW.

Farms around Mendoza grow fruit, vegetables and grain.

The city also has universities, where many students learn.

Universalis says Mendoza is above all the big distribution center of a rich farming region that grows fruit, vegetables and cereals. The city also has industries, such as petrochemicals and machinery.

Mendoza is an important center of culture and of universities, too. On Wikidata, the Universidad Nacional de Cuyo is about 3.3 kilometers west-northwest of the city's point.

Universalis: with industries (petrochemicals, mechanical engineering), Mendoza is above all the great distribution center of a rich agricultural region producing fruit, vegetables and cereals; it is also an important cultural and university center; it has all the functions and means of a great regional metropolis. Wikidata: Universidad Nacional de Cuyo (Q1076209) 3.28 km WNW of the city point.