Veinticinco de Mayo Department (Río Negro)

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Veinticinco de Mayo
Department 25 de Mayo (Río Negro - Argentina) .png
Location of Veinticinco de Mayo in Río Negro (Argentina)
Data
Capital Maquinchao
population 13,153 (2001, INDEC)
surface 27,106 km²
Population density 0.5 inhabitants / km²

The Departamento Veinticinco de Mayo is located in the south of the province of Río Negro in southern Argentina and is one of 13 administrative units in the province.

It is bordered to the north by the department of El Cuy , to the east by the department of Nueve de Julio , to the south by the province of Chubut and to the west by the department of Ñorquincó .

The capital of the Department of Veinticinco de Mayo is Maquinchao .

population

According to INDEC estimates , the population increased from 13,153 inhabitants (2001) to 14,047 inhabitants in 2005.

cities and communes

The Department of Veinticinco de Mayo is divided into the three municipalities Ingeniero Jacobacci , Los Menucos and Maquinchao and the Comisiones de Fomento Aguada de Guerra , Clemente Onelli , Colán Conhue , El Caín and Pilquiniyeu . Other settlements in the department are Barril Niyeo , Mina Santa Teresita and San Antonio del Cuy .

Coordinates: 41 ° 12 ′  S , 68 ° 42 ′  W