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Area, 28,535 sq. m. Pop. (1904, estimated) 97,458. San Luis belongs partly to the semi-arid pampa region, and partly to the mountainous region of the eastern See also:

ANDES

Andes and Cordoba whose ranges terminate between the 33rd and 34th See also:

PARALLELS

parallels. It is one of the least important of the See also:

ARGENTINE

Argentine provinces because of its aridity and lack of available resources. The rough See also:

NORTHERN

northern districts, where an occasional stream affords See also:

IRRIGATION (Lat. in, and rigare, to water or wet)

irrigation for a fertile See also:

SOIL

soil, are noted for a remarkably See also:

UNIFORM

uniform, dry, mild and healthful See also:

CLIMATE

climate. The Rio Quinto has its See also:

SOURCES

sources in these ranges; the Desaguadero, or Salado, forms its western boundary; and the Conlara flows northward among its broken ranges to the See also:

GREAT

great Salinas of western Cordoba. Only in the mountains are these streams available, as they soon become impregnated with saline See also:

MATTER

matter on the plains. The See also:

SOUTHERN

southern See also:

PART

part of the province is a great, arid, saline See also:

PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain, practically uninhabitable. Agri-culture and grazing occupy some See also:

ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention in the See also:

north, but are handicapped by lack of See also:

WATER

water. The mountains are See also:

rich inminerals, however, and a number of See also:

gold mines have been opened.

The exports include See also:

CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle, hides, skins, See also:

WOOL, WORSTED AND WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES

wool and See also:

OSTRICH

ostrich feathers. The See also:

capital is San Luis (pop. 1904, about 10,500) on the See also:

ARROYO (O. Sp. arrogio, Lat. arrogium, a rivulet or stream)

Arroyo Chorillos, a little S. of the cerro called Punta de los Venados, 374 M. by See also:

RAIL

rail (the Argentine Great Western) W. of See also:

ROSARIO

Rosario, and magnificently situated on a See also:

plateau 2490 ft. above See also:

sea-level. Next in importance is the See also:

TOWN

town of Mercedes or See also:

VILLA

Villa Mercedes (pop. 1904, about 6000) on the Rio Quinto, an important railway junction where the See also:

RAILWAYS

railways from Buenos Aires, Rosario, Mendoza and San Jose unite. San Luis, the capital, was founded in 1697 by See also:

Martin de See also:

LOYOLA, ST IGNATIUS OF (1491–1556)

Loyola and was for nearly 200 years only a frontier outpost. It suffered much in the See also:

CIVIL

civil See also:

WARS

wars of 1831-1865.

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