Chimbas

Chimbas is a IG of San Juan in Argentina. It lies around the town of Chimbas and 6 km north-east of San Juan.

The map shows the official outline with relief, 3D terrain, slope and exposure, climate and soil.

Key facts

Type

IG (department)

Within

San Juan

Area

6,741 ha registered outline

Centre

31.4834° S, 68.5127° W

Legal basis

Ley 25.163 (1999) and INV resolutions (C.32/2002, C.37/2002 and later); official INV list of 18 April 2024 plus the 2025 IGs.

Outline: Built from the administrative units that the legal definition names.

Where it is

Nearest town

around the town of Chimbas

Nearest city

6 km north-east of San Juan 109,123 people

To the sea

286 km

Rivers nearby

San Juan (2.4 km)

Same latitude

Greater Perth (Australia), Olifants River (South Africa)

Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.

Terrain

Elevation

592–713 m

Mean elevation

636 m

Mean slope

0.9° (2 %)

Steepest tenth

above 2°

Faces

north-east

Measured over the whole outline on 63,922 elevation cells of about 33 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Sources

geoBoundaries ARG ADM2 (2020) (Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Intergovernmental Organisations (CC BY 3.0 IGO))