Las Heras usually refers to General Juan Gregorio de las Heras, a military leader in the South American Wars of Independence. There are several places in Argentina named after him: Las Heras, Mendoza, a town Las Heras Department, whose chief town is Las Heras, Mendoza General Las Heras, Buenos Aires, a town General Las Heras Partido, whose chief town is General Las Heras Las Heras (Buenos Aires Underground), a railway station Las Heras, Santa Cruz