Chos Malal Department

Chos Malal
Location of Chos Malal* in Río Negro (Argentina)*
Data
Capital	Chos Malal
population	14,185 (2001, INDEC)
surface	4,330 km²
Population density	3.3 inhabitants / km²

The Chos Malal department is located in the north of the Neuquén province in southern Argentina and is one of 16 administrative units in the province.

It borders Chile to the north, the province of Mendoza and the Pehuenches department to the east, the Ñorquín department to the south and the Minas department to the west .

The capital of the department Chos Malal is the same Chos Malal .

population

According to INDEC estimates, the population increased from 14,185 inhabitants (2001) to 18,329 inhabitants in 2005.

The Chos Malal department is divided into a first category municipality ( Chos Malal ), a third category municipality ( Tricao Malal ), the two Comisiones de Fomento Coyuco-Cochico and Villa Curí Leuvú and the small settlements ( parajes ) Caepe Malal , Chapua , Costa Tilhue , El Alamito , La Salada , Lonco Vaca and Los Menucos .