Pocito Department

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Pocito
Official name	Departamento Pocito
Capital	Villa Aberastain
Country Province	Argentina San Juan
Foundation Founder	August 8, 1888  ?
Population:
- Total	40.969 (2001 census [INDEC])
- Density	79,6 Inhabitants/km²
- Population change	+13.26% (1991-2001)
Resident name	pocitano/a
Telephone code	0264
Post Code	5400
Location
- Coordinates	31°39′S, 68°33′W
Area	515 km²
Distance:
- to Buenos Aires	1,090km
Patron	Santa Bárbara
Mayor	Sergio Uñac,
Web Site	http://www.pocito.gov.ar/
IFAM Statistics	IFAM

'Pocito' is a department of the province of San Juan (Argentina). It is located in south central Mass, which is predominantly a landscape distinctly grown mainly by at and olive, and hills to the west. It also has the presence of prestigious wineries that make up the so-called Wine Route.

Contents 1 Origin of name 2 History 2.1 The Legend of India Mariana 2.2 The Statue of Liberty 3 Geography 3.1 Relief 3.2 Hydrography 3.3 Weather 4 Population 5 Economy 6 References

[edit] Origin of name

Pocito, diminutive pit, and was named in memory of the small place where India Mariana famous legend of the locals, mined ore then negotiated to see the "Royal Route" of the carts, today Av. Mayor Joaquin Uñac.

[edit] History

The travelers of the past century was narrated that Pocito first green was appreciated coming from Mendoza.

The Department Pocito arises because, along with the provision in the construction of the Canal Pocito, there would be the fragmentation of the land in the area designed by Dr. Jose Ignacio de la Roza, which is regarded as the founder of our city.

The province was divided administratively into barracks urban and rural areas since the May Revolution. In the year 1834, Governor Jose Martin Yanzón and his Minister Dr. Timothy Bustamente, established distribution departments of the Province of San Juan in which the entire urban and rural population, except villas, two departments would be divided into three districts each in relation to the main curatos. Pocito was included in the third quarter of the Department of the South.

On January 16, 1851 the Governor Nazario Benavides approved the "Rules of Irrigation" ¨ which in turn also divided the province into sections territorial. Time after Mr. Rosendo Bernardo, inspector water, divided the province into eight sections, which will then increase to nine, then ten, then a corresponding Pocito the third section.

On December 9, 1869, during the government of Dr. Jose Maria del Carril, was ordered Departmental System Act under Article 36 of the Constitution of the Province and divided it into 18 departments which was the fifth Pocito

On March 29, 1876 the Board Municipal Pocito, whose commissioner was Julian Mazo, dictates the first ordinance for the municipal system

[edit] The Legend of India Mariana

In pocitanas land, lived an old Indian huarpe call Mariana, whose only defense company and was a faithful dog. It refuge under a carob infaltable with his cigar. It occupied the fabulous time telling stories and adventures to children who approached her, and sold to travelers and neighbors "brilliant pebbles" (nuggets of gold, as always responded, came from the "pocito").

One dark night, some Spaniards wanted asaltarla following the traces of a lit cigarette. Grande was his surprise when, upon arrival near the carob met with the faithful dog they showed their tusks. The robbers fled in fear, pursued by a woman who went out of laughter from the tree. That night, an earthquake rocked the region and Mariana was seen anymore. His pocito was eagerly sought, but to no avail .-

[edit] The Statue of Liberty

According to some testimonies, it would be Cantoni Federico who, as an officer of that time, he visited France and would have applied the "Statue of Liberty" as mandated by national authorities.

That's why it is the date 1810-1910 and the Argentine shield in the book which is on the left of the statue. It follows that this request could be met when the centenary of the "First Cry of Freedom" ¨, in 1810. As access to the request of the applicant that would Federico Cantoni, it is sent to the province of San Juan, its intended location in the park in May. For management engineer Mark Zalazar Pocito and moved to the day July 9, 1931 was placed in the square that now bears the name "Freedom Square".

[edit] Geography

Pocito The department is located in south central province of San Juan, south of the San Juan, 15 kilometres, has an area of 515 miles square. Sis limits are:

• To the north with the departments of Rawson and Rivadavia
• To the south with the Sarmiento
• At this with the Rawson
• To the west with the Zonda

[edit] Relief

The mountainous area located in the western sector presents a series of cords with a general north-south direction. This training is represented by the Cordon de Las Lajas, the hills of La Rinconada and Cordon of the Arrow, which in turn are attached to the system of the Mountains of Zonda, this presents different altitude training with a slope towards the east and a maximum height located on the western boundary of the department surpassing the 2,000 m.

The cords are added above the Cerro Las Lajas, Jaguel, Cerro Flecha and Stone Sharpen and Cerritos Black. Within this highlight areas found negative and positive Quebrada Las Lajas and Gegenes and a series of lomadas such as carpentry and Portezuelo. The formation of the Cerro Valdivia is isolated from the geological point of view, one of the foothills of the Sierras Pampeanas home Paleozoic.

In the rest of the department are thick sedimentation resulting from the erosion of the mountainous area swept by the waters, which is declining eastward into changing its thickness and texture into fine material from the Canal Zone Fifth Barracks, to the nascent, which allows this area is arable thanks to artificial irrigation through a network of channels that are derived from the San Juan River.

The Flora is composed of challenge, carob, jarilla (in the lower parts of the mountains), chañares, aragua (on the slopes), tuscas, chilcas and pichanas (in the valleys wet).

Among its Animals are guanacos, vicunas, foxes, mouse Andean eaglets, lechuzos, chimangos, partridges, martinetas, hares, wild rabbits, or quirquinchos piches.

[edit] Hydrography

The irrigation network originates from the channels and Fifth Cespedes Barracks that run from north to south with flow from the right side of the San Juan River which is the extraction of water underground by farmers in growing areas .-

[edit] Weather

Dry with maximum temperatures of 40 ° C in summer and minimum below zero in the winter. The atmospheric pressure and humidity is generally low, and became a minimum during the months of August and September due to the winds that blow Zonda often in the area.

[edit] Population

According to the census of 2001 the Department Pocito has 40,969 inhabitants, placing it in one of the most populated areas of the province. The same majority is concentrated in their village head, Villa Aberastain next to the district La Rinconada located a few kilometres to the south, forming a continuous urban called[ [Aberastain-La Rinconada ]], north, limiting the department Rawson there is a large population which achieves join the agglomerate Great St. John and to the south lies the district of Carpentry, concentrating population dedicated to agricultural activities

[edit] Economy

The territory of Pocito has five types of soils classified as very good for growing species in general. Hence the activity in the premium Department is the agricultural and Agroindustrial.

Of the 740,804 has which make up the total of 35,125 had sanjuanina surface correspond to Pocito which means slightly more than 4.74% of the surface of which 9,615 ha are cultivated. This means that the Department accounts for 12, 06% of the cultivated area Provincial and carries measure the relative weight that the Department has the agricultural sector.

Prosperan crops in the area of at (viníferas varieties, and table grapes), vegetables (garlic onion tomatoes squash sweet potato stud pepper alcaucil bean mangold lettuce beet, potatoes, corn, corn, bean, peas carrot), olive almond and fruit (melon damask peach Plum), forage forest and seed.

[edit] References

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Coordinates: 31°39′S 68°33′W / -31.65, -68.55