Mendoza

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Mendoza

Pedro de . died 1537, Spanish soldier and explorer; founder of Buenos Aires (1536)

Mendoza

a city in W central Argentina, in the foothills of the Sierra de los Paramillos: largely destroyed by an earthquake in 1861; commercial centre of an intensively cultivated irrigated region; University of Cuyo (1939). Pop.: 1 072 000 (2005 est.)

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Mendoza

a province in western Argentina. Area, 150,800 sq km. Population, 973,000 (1970). The capital is the city of Mendoza. Grape growing, vegetable growing, and fruit growing on irrigated lands (Mendoza is first in the country in irrigated land area) are well developed. Mendoza is the country’s main region for grape growing and wine-making, and for olive plantations and olive-oil production. Petroleum and natural gas are extracted, and uranium ore is mined. Industry includes the processing of agricultural raw materials, petroleum refining, and cement production.

Mendoza

a city in western Argentina, the capital of Mendoza Province. Population, 118,600 (1970; with suburbs, 471,-000). It is a railroad junction and the country’s chief wine-making center. Fruits and vegetables are processed and canned there. Mendoza is the center of a horticultural and grape-growing region; it also produces cement and textiles.