Los Lagos Department

Los Lagos
Location of Los Lagos in Río Negro (Argentina)
Data
Capital	Villa La Angostura
population	8,654 (2001, INDEC)
surface	4,230 km²
Population density	2.0 inhabitants / km²

The Los Lagos department is located in the south of the Neuquén province in southern Argentina and is one of 16 administrative units in the province.

It borders on the Lácar Department to the north, the Río Negro Province to the east and south, and Chile to the west .

The capital of the Los Lagos department is Villa La Angostura .

geography

In the north of the department lies the southern part of the Nahuel Huapi National Park and the Los Arrayanes National Park .

cities and communes

The Los Lagos department is divided into Villa La Angostura (a first category municipality), the Comisión de Fomento Villa Traful and the Cuarteles Confluencia , Cuyín Manzano , El Portezuelo , Huemul , Nahuel Huapi , Paso Coihue , Pichi Traful , Puerto Anchorena , Puerto Huemul , Ruca Malen and Villa Llanquín .

Coordinates: 40 ° 48 ′  S , 71 ° 36 ′  W