San Rafael Department

San Rafael is one of the departments of Mendoza Province, Argentina. The seat of the department is in the city of San Rafael.

Statistics

 * Geographical location: 34° 15´ to 36° southern latitude and 70° 10´ to 66° 55´ eastern longitude.
 * Area: 31,235 km2 (20.82% of the provincial area)
 * Extension: 204 km from north to south. 298 km from east to west
 * Altitude: 750 m above sea level.

Neighboring departments

 * North: San Carlos Department, Santa Rosa Department, Mendoza and La Paz Department, Mendoza
 * East: San Luis Province and General Alvear Department
 * South: La Pampa Province and Malargüe Department
 * West: Chile.

Administration
The department is subdivided in 18 districts: Ciudad, El Cerrito, Cuadro Nacional, Las Malvinas District, El Sosneado, Las Paredes, La Llave, Cuadro Benegas, Cuadro Nacional, Cañada Seca, Goudge, Jaime Prats, Monte Comán, Rama Caída, Real del Padre, Punta del Agua, Villa Atuel and Villa 25 de Mayo.