Department of Aluminé

Aluminé
Location of Aluminé* in Río Negro (Argentina)*
Data
Capital	Aluminé
population	6,308 (2001, INDEC)
surface	4,660 km²
Population density	1.4 inhabitants / km²

The Department of Aluminé is located in the west of the Neuquén province in southern Argentina and is one of 16 administrative units in the province.

It is bordered by the Picunches Department in the north, the Catán Lil Department in the east, the Huiliches Department in the south and Chile in the west .

The capital of the Department of Aluminé is the Aluminé of the same name .

population

According to estimates by INDEC , the population increased from 6,308 inhabitants (2001) to 7,075 inhabitants in 2005.

The Department of Aluminé is divided into a second category municipality ( Aluminé ), a third category municipality ( Villa Pehuenia ) and the small settlements ( parajes ) Kilca , La Angostura , Moquehue , Ñorquinco , Quillén , Rahue , Rucachoroi , Villa Unión .