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Neuquén
Neuquen, Argentina · South America
About Neuquén
Neuquén sits on the route: 10 minutes from Cipolletti.
Neuquén is in Neuquen, Argentina, with about 230,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Cipolletti, about 6 km away.
Neuquén (Spanish pronunciation: [newˈken]; Mapudungun: Nehuenken) is the capital city of the Argentine province of Neuquén and of the Confluencia Department within that province, located in the extreme east of the province. It occupies a strip of land west of the confluence of the Limay and Neuquén rivers which formRead more
the Río Negro, making it part of the ecoregion of Alto Valle del Río Negro. The city had 287,787 inhabitants, and the surrounding Neuquén – Plottier – Cipolletti conurbation had a population of more than 500,000 at the 2022 Census, making it the largest urban agglomeration in Patagonia.
Founded in 1904, it is the newest provincial capital city in Argentina.
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Neuquén is in Neuquen, Argentina, about 6 km from Cipolletti.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 231,198
- Continent
- South America
- Country
- Argentina
- Region
- Neuquen
- Timezone
- America/Argentina/Salta
- Coordinates
- -38.9508, -68.0592
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