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Also known as Cuyo Region, Region de Cuyo

region in Argentina

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Country
Argentina
Natural regions
Monte Desert Patagonian Desert High Monte Southern Andean steppe
Provinces
Mendoza San Juan San Luis
Largest cities
Mendoza San Juan San Luis San Rafael
Total
315,226 km (121,709 sq mi)
Density
10.7566/km (27.8595/sq mi)
Demonym
Cuyan

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Cuyo is the wine-producing, mountainous region of central-west Argentina. Historically it comprised the provinces of San Juan, San Luis and Mendoza. The modern New Cuyo includes both Cuyo proper and the province of La Rioja. New Cuyo is a political and economic macroregion, but culturally La Rioja is part of the North-West rather than of Cuyo.

Cuyo has some of the most popular tourist attractions in Argentina and the highest mountain massifs in the Andes, including Aconcagua itself, the highest peak outside Asia, and the Ischigualasto Provincial Park.

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