San Martín, Mendoza

San Martín is a city in the north-center part of the Mendoza Province in Argentina. It is the capital of the San Martín Department and constitutes, with Palmira and La Colonia, the third-largest metropolitan area in the province.

San Martín
City
City Hall San Martín
San Martín
Location of San Martín in Argentina
Coordinates: 33°04′50″S 68°28′14″W
Country Argentina
Province Mendoza
DepartmentSan Martín
FoundedDecember 20, 1816
Founded byToribio de Luzuriaga (Governor of Mendoza)
Area
 • Total1,504 km2 (581 sq mi)
Elevation
770 m (2,530 ft)
Population
 (2010 census)
 • Total79,476
 • Density53/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-3 (ART)
CPA base
M5570
Dialing code+54 02623
ClimateBWk

History

The first San Martín inhabitants were the Huarpe Milkayak people. The territory was governed by the tribal chief called Pallamay until 1563, when the first Europeans under the command of the Captain Pedro Moyano Cornejo, arrived to the area.

The city was known as Rodeo de Moyano or, alternatively, as La Reducción (Spanish: The Reduction); but its name was changed to Villa Los Barriales in 1816, when it was included in the Corocorto Priesthood of Mendoza Province and officially established by the Governor of Mendoza, Toribio de Luzuriaga.

San Martín came into prominence in the war of the Argentine independence period, when José de San Martín received an extensive land grant in the area to take advantage of agriculture and help the Chilean army of Bernardo O'Higgins in an effort to prevent new Spanish invasions from Chile to Argentina. In 1823, the governor Pedro Molina changed the name of the city yet again in homage to the Argentine general José de San Martín,[1] who, besides his inestimable historical role, contributed many innovations to the local farming sector and in viticulture, particularly.

In 1885, the first railway arrived in San Martin, uniting Buenos Aires with Mendoza and Chile. This development brought many Italian immigrants to the area from Buenos Aires; during the 1950s and '60s, National Route 7 was built between Buenos Aires and Mendoza Province, converting the city into an important distribution center along the most important highway between Buenos Aires and Santiago, Chile.

Climate
Climate data for San Martín, Mendoza (1981–2010, extremes 1961–2016)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 42.7
(108.9)		 40.6
(105.1)		 37.0
(98.6)		 33.6
(92.5)		 31.6
(88.9)		 30.1
(86.2)		 32.1
(89.8)		 33.5
(92.3)		 35.7
(96.3)		 40.4
(104.7)		 40.5
(104.9)		 43.3
(109.9)		 43.3
(109.9)
Average high °C (°F) 32.4
(90.3)		 31.1
(88.0)		 28.1
(82.6)		 23.5
(74.3)		 19.1
(66.4)		 15.7
(60.3)		 15.4
(59.7)		 18.6
(65.5)		 21.5
(70.7)		 26.0
(78.8)		 29.2
(84.6)		 31.7
(89.1)		 24.4
(75.9)
Daily mean °C (°F) 24.6
(76.3)		 23.2
(73.8)		 20.5
(68.9)		 15.6
(60.1)		 11.3
(52.3)		 8.0
(46.4)		 7.5
(45.5)		 10.2
(50.4)		 13.3
(55.9)		 18.0
(64.4)		 21.3
(70.3)		 23.9
(75.0)		 16.5
(61.7)
Average low °C (°F) 17.8
(64.0)		 16.5
(61.7)		 14.8
(58.6)		 10.1
(50.2)		 6.1
(43.0)		 2.7
(36.9)		 1.9
(35.4)		 4.0
(39.2)		 6.8
(44.2)		 11.0
(51.8)		 14.0
(57.2)		 16.8
(62.2)		 10.2
(50.4)
Record low °C (°F) 5.3
(41.5)		 4.0
(39.2)		 −1.4
(29.5)		 −2.8
(27.0)		 −6.6
(20.1)		 −8.2
(17.2)		 −9.4
(15.1)		 −7.0
(19.4)		 −5.2
(22.6)		 −1.9
(28.6)		 −0.3
(31.5)		 2.4
(36.3)		 −9.4
(15.1)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 45.0
(1.77)		 36.3
(1.43)		 43.0
(1.69)		 15.8
(0.62)		 9.2
(0.36)		 3.7
(0.15)		 6.8
(0.27)		 6.4
(0.25)		 12.4
(0.49)		 12.7
(0.50)		 20.1
(0.79)		 28.4
(1.12)		 239.8
(9.44)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 6.3 5.5 4.4 2.6 2.2 1.4 1.9 1.6 2.7 2.2 3.7 5.3 39.8
Average relative humidity (%) 55.5 59.2 66.4 69.8 70.6 69.9 65.0 56.7 54.7 51.3 51.1 51.5 60.1
Source: Servicio Meteorológico Nacional[2][3]

See also

References

Notes
  1. San Martín was the first city in South America named in homage to José de San Martín.
  2. "Estadísticas Climatológicas Normales - período 1981-2010" (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. Retrieved January 21, 2018.
  3. "Clima en la Argentina: Guia Climática por San Martín (Mza.)". Caracterización: Estadísticas de largo plazo (in Spanish). Servicio Meteorológico Nacional. Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2017.
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