San Juan
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- Names
San Juan
San Juan de la Frontera
- Place Type
- inhabited place
- Description
- City was moved to present location in 1593 due to floods; was destroyed by earthquake in 1944, has since been rebuilt; is processing center for meat, wines, fruits and grains; was birthplace of Domingo Sarmiento, president of Argentinia 1868-1874.
- Authority
- Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- Source
- Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988); Times Atlas of the World. Reprint ed. (1994); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988);
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