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San Rafael, city, central Mendoza provincia (province), western Argentina. It is situated near the eastern base of the Andes Mountains on the Diamante River.

It originated around San Rafael Fort, built in 1805 at the frontier then roughly marking the southern limits of European colonization. Pacification of area Indians in about 1870 enabled the city to be developed as the centre of an agricultural area producing grapes, fruits (peaches, plums, pears, and apricots), and grains. Contemporary local enterprises include wineries, meatpacking plants, canneries, and dairies. Deposits of petroleum and uranium southwest of San Rafael are exploited, and dams to the west along the Diamante and Atuel rivers provide local irrigation water and hydroelectric power to the city of Mendoza, about 160 miles (260 km) to the north-northwest. Pop. (2001) 106,386; (2010 est.) 115,200.

This article was most recently revised and updated by Kenneth Pletcher.