Rawson

Rawson is a IG of San Juan in Argentina.

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

28,556 ha registered outline

Centre

31.6914° S, 68.4655° 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

7.6 km west of Nueve de Julio

Nearest city

14 km south of Rawson 130,258 people

To the sea

288 km

Rivers nearby

San Juan (11 km)

Same latitude

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

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

Terrain

Elevation

558–755 m

Mean elevation

585 m

Measured over the whole outline on 68,375 elevation cells of about 65 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))