Ullum Department,

Ullum, is a department, of the province of San Juan (Argentina). It is located in the center south of the province, dominated a landscape of mountains and low vegetation is also characterized by its production of at and fruit. Within its surface is Ullum Dam


Origin of name
The name of this department is of Indian origin that is translated to mean head phallus. This may mark the place where rituals were held for aspiring young Aboriginal warriors or be related to the fertility of the land in the area, alluding directly to male fertility



Geography
Ullum The department is located in the centre west of the San Juan Province, northwest of the City of San Juan, has a asuperficie of 4,391 square kilometres. Its boundaries are:

In the northern department Jáchal
To the south with the Zonda and Rivadavia
At this with the Albardón
To the west with the Calingasta Zonda and Iglesia
The department Ullum has stressed that it is highly uneven (mountainous), since its entire surface is located on the cord or central precordilleranas of San Juan, between the mountains are the most prominent lomadas Las Tapias, of Talacasto, the Dehesa and Villicum to the east and saw Tiger and the Invernada in the west. In the south highlights the San Juan River which flows into the Ullum Dam.

The weather department is desert with little presipitaciones, with temperatures of 35 ° C in summer with obsolutas up to 40 ° C in winter and dry 16 º C, with the presence of heledas with -8 ° C. The climate is characterized by the influence of the dam on the lake's temperature and by occasional snowfall in the area Talacasto.

The flora, be characterized by xerófila. The fauna includes species such as hares, puma, vizcachas, martinetas, guanacos, wild birds and pejerreyes.