# San Juan

Province of San Juan Its capital and most populated city is the homonymous San Juan. It is located in the northwest of the Cuyo region and more precisely in the west of the country, bordering La Rioja to the northeast, San Luis to the southeast, Mendoza to the south and the Chilean regions of Atacama, Coquimbo and Valparaíso to the west. Regarding tourism, the most important international attractions are mountaineering, with the Cerro Mercedario and from the scientific point of view Ischigualasto, an important paleontological site of strange geoforms, dating from the Triassic period. Wine tourism has grown considerably in the last few years, as well as adventure sports such as rafting and car rafting, the latter practiced in a place known as Pampa del Leoncito.

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