Lihuel Calel Department

Lihuel Calel
Location of Lihuel Calel in La Pampa (Argentina)
Data
Capital	Cuchillo-Có
population	439 (2010, INDEC)
surface	13,160 km²
Sign on national road 152

The Lihuel Calel department is located in the south of the province of La Pampa in central Argentina and is one of the province's 22 administrative units .

The name comes from the Mapuche language and means mountains of life .

In the north it borders on the department of Utracán , in the east on the departments of Caleu Caleu and Hucal , in the west on the department of Curacó and in the south on the province of Río Negro . In the south, the Río Colorado forms a natural border with the neighboring province.

The capital of the department is Cuchillo-Có.

population

According to the INDEC , the department had only 439 inhabitants in 2010. This makes the department the most sparsely populated department both in the province and in the entire country.

The Lihué Calel National Park is located in the department .

Web links

Commons : Lihuel Calel  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 38 ° 18 ′  S , 65 ° 0 ′  W