The Mendocinean land is generous; it is a desertic land which has water in optimum conditions for vine and olive cultivation. Together with Philippe, we had been coming to Mendoza for four years, until we decided to stay. Here we have found a beautiful place in front of the Andes Mountain Range, and it is planted with olive trees and old vineyards. Mendoza is a very pleasant city to live in, and this is due to the warmth of its people but also to its all-the-year-round sunny climate, its marvelous Andean environment, and its beautiful sky at night…. Brigitte Subra - Carinae SA

	Our business objectives have widely been achieved and, at personal level, I enjoy a high quality of life as I can live in a free-of-pollution zone, with distances easy to be covered in a short time, and with the pleasure of living in a balanced city, surrounded by mountains and lakes where to enjoy my time off. . Daniel Camacho - Nevada Argentina

The population of Mendoza is the result of the major immigration waves of the last 150 years. Between the end of the XIX century and the beginning of the XX century, 7,000,000 immigrants arrived in Argentina, making our country the largest immigrant receptor of Latin-America and the second largest in the world.

An important part of this migratory mass was attracted by Mendoza, which in 1914 had 31.8% of immigrants (mostly European) among its inhabitants.

Thus, the resulting social texture, although heterogeneous in its origin, is quite homogeneous in its present composition, largely due to mixtures.

The National Constitution -clearly inspired on liberalism- and the cultural development of the population have created an atmosphere of religious tolerance where, although the catholic religion predominates, all the inhabitants enjoy freedom of worship and a public, laic and free education

Human Development Index. 2007 -2008 UNDP Report

Life Expectation in Years. 2007-2008 UNDP Report

Matriculation Index. 2007-2008 UNDP Report

The rate of unemployment of Mendoza for the second semester of 2006 and the first semester of 2007 was 3,7%.

	In general, Mendoza is perceived, in regards to economic matters, as a society less fragmented than the national average, with less unequal income distribution..