Departamento de Jáchal
Jáchal is a department located in the north center of the province of San Juan, almost to the center west of Argentina. This department occupies 16% of the total of the provincial surface, which makes it a jurisdiction of the most extensive, occupying the third position. In him they develop an excelentísima agricultural production, where the plantation of seasonal crops stands out, and in the last times a great activity related to the mining. In terms of tourism, adventure and cultural tourism stand out. Jáchal is recognized at the provincial level with the pseudonym of "land of tradition", because of the gaucho tradition that is preserved in it, since here the Provincial Festival of Jachallera Tradition takes place.