Official Name: | Rivadavia |
Pushpin Map: | Argentina San Juan Province#Argentina |
Pushpin Label Position: | left |
Coordinates: | -31.5303°N -68.5947°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Argentina |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Type2: | Department |
Subdivision Name2: | Rivadavia Department |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Population Total: | 82,582 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation M: | 728 |
Postal Code: | J5407 |
Area Code: | +54 264 |
Timezone: | ART |
Utc Offset: | -3 |
Utc Offset Dst: | -2 |
Blank Name: | Climate |
Blank Info: | BSh |
Rivadavia, known officially as Ciudad de Rivadavia, is a city and the capital of the eponymous Rivadavia Department, in south-central San Juan Province, northwest of the Tulum Oasis, in the west-central part of Argentina. It is 7km (04miles) westward from the central part of the city of San Juan, with which it forms a part of the urban agglomeration of Greater San Juan.
Rivadavia, through the approval of Provincial Law No. 6,343 of 8 July 1993, was declared a city as well as its respective limits were established.[2]