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Mendoza is centered north of the river bearing its name,1 in the center of its province in north central Argentina in the foothills and high plains east of the Andes Mountains. The city grew in the 19th century as an agricultural center, a role it continues to perform today, especially for the vinyards. The city serves as a tourist base for visiting wineries and the Andes.2 The tallest building is the Edificio da Vinci (210 feet, 2006).3 The city is served by the Gabrielli International Airport, one of the nation's busiest.4 The modern city has a metropolitan population of 1.056 million5 with 115 thousand in the city itself.6
Year | Population |
1900 CE | 30,0007 |
2008 CE | 1,056,0005 |
,Skyline of Mendoza, Argentina, with the Andes behind
1. The Mendoza flows into the San Juan, which flows into the Desaguadero, which after changing names to the Salado (salty), flows into the Colorado (red), which reaches the Atlantic Ocean.
2. http://www.touropia.com/tourist-attractions-in-Argentina/, accessed April 30, 2016.
3. Emporis.com, accessed June 25, 2018.
4. http://www.anna.aero/2012/04/12/argentinas-regional-airports-see-traffic-growth/, acc. Apr. 30, 2016, table: Top 10 domestic routes (all ex-AEP) with a note above it: "41% of domestic capacity is concentrated in Buenos Aires AEP, which remains the main hub. In fact, all 10 of the largest domestic routes by frequency involve this airport, as detailed below." This source was supplemented (for airport names) by: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_airports_in_Argentina, accessed the same day.
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mendoza,_Argentina, accessed July 5, 2016, which cited "'Annual Estimates of the Censo 2008 - Resultados provinciales Mendoza'. INDEC. 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-11."
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Argentina_by_population, accessed June 26, 2018.
7. Tertius Chandler, Four Thousand Years of Urban Growth, 2nd ed. (The Edwin Mellen Press, 1987), "Tables of the World's Largest Cities." In 1900 it was the largest city in southern Argentina.