Loncopué
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| location | 38 ° 4 ′ S , 70 ° 37 ′ W | ||
| Height above d. M .: | 935 m | ||
| Population (2001): | 4266 | ||
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 Neuquén
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| Department : | Loncopué | ||
| Mayor: | Walter Fonseca (MPN) | ||
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| Postal code : | Q8349 | ||
| Telephone code: | 02948 | ||
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Loncopué is the capital of the Loncopué department of the same name on provincial road 21 in the Neuquén province in south-west Argentina . The place belongs to the municipalities of the 2nd category in the classification of municipalities in the province of Neuquén. It is considered a major service center for the Copahue Thermal Baths and is one of the most important regions for the meat industry in the province.
Name of the place
The name of the place comes from the Mapudungun language and means head of the chief . The name refers to the fact that the chiefs of the local indigenous people met in the area .
geography
Loncopué is located at the foot of the Andes at an altitude of 882 meters above sea level , 303 kilometers northwest of Neuquén and 1477 kilometers from the state capital Buenos Aires . The place is surrounded by the plateau in the northwest, the river Río Agrio in the east and the brook Loncopué in the south. On the banks of the Río Agrio, a few kilometers from Loncopúe, there are Las Altas Torres , a group of eight rock columns formed by wind erosion. Also near the place is the Riscos Bayos rock formation , which was compressed and shaped by the deposition of volcanic ash and then by ice and wind erosion during the Cenozoic era .
history
According to historical data, the first inhabitants who belonged to the Mapuche and Pehuenche hunter-gatherer societies came to the region at the end of the 19th century . The then Pehuenche chief of the region was Feliciano Purrán, who resisted the Argentine government during the desert campaign . After the failed negotiations with General Julio Argentino Roca , the Argentine government built fortifications along the Río Agrio. The forts of Hualcupén, Loncopué, Huarencheque and Río Agrio are considered the base of today's city
In 1844, Pedro Nazarre Basabe, the first Argentine settler in the region, received from the national government the land in which today's Loncopué is located. He founded the Estancia La Argentina , which also housed the first post office. It was connected to the telegraph network, the first general store was opened and the water supply was built.
In 1900 the former settlement was inaugurated by the Salesian missionaries Juán Gagliero and Mateo Gabotto. On October 20, 1915, the place was officially founded and declared the capital of the Department of Loncopué. In 1924 he got the status comisión de fomento and seven years later the area was set at 8,000 hectares. On October 14, 1957, the municipality of Loncopué was founded by decree of the provincial government.
Because of its proximity to the thermal baths of Copahue , which opened in 1983, the place is considered to be their most important economic and commercial center.
In a referendum in 2012, the provincial government's project to operate open-cast copper mining in the vicinity of the town was rejected and stopped despite a government complaint to the provincial court. The project is significant as the beginning of open pit mining in the province.
population
From 2001 to 2010 the population increased by 14.3%, from 4,323 to 5,021 inhabitants. In the 1991 census, 3,112 inhabitants were recorded.
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Economy and Infrastructure
The local economy is based on livestock, especially beef and goat meat. Loncopué has established itself as one of the most important centers of the meat industry in the province. Other important activities are mining and trading. The state is one of the largest employers through the province and the municipality. The place is the most important economic and commercial center of the nearby thermal baths in Copahue.
Provincial road 21 is the only connection for the village. It leads north to El Huecú and south to Las Lajas and you can use it to get to the provincial road 27 to the west, which leads to Copahue-Caviahue. The place also has a long-distance bus station and an airfield.
tourism
In addition to its role as a major service center for the Copahue thermal baths, Loncopué has several attractions. From the place it is possible to make excursions to the nearby rock formations Las Altas Torres and Riscos Bayos . The Estancia Las Tres Marías is located in the Andes , surrounded by the Río Agrío and the Yumu Yumu stream. There are also fishing opportunities in the immediate vicinity in the various lakes and in the Río Agrio. Locopué forms the route of the araucarias with other Andean towns in the province. This tree, also called Pehuén, is found in their forests and is featured in the official coat of arms of the Neuquén province.
The livestock exhibition and traditional festival have been held annually since 2006. On weekends there is the craft market , where you can buy regional handmade products.
Web links
- IFAM population data (Spanish)
- Portal of the Province of Neuquén (Spanish)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Loncopué: información general. In: Patagonia.com.ar. Retrieved July 18, 2020 (Spanish).
- ↑ a b Desarrollo de las obras de infraestructura para la incorporación del area de campo Ayoso al ejido municipal. In: Ministry of Interior of Argentina. November 2017, Retrieved July 19, 2020 (Spanish).
- ↑ Patrimonio neuquino: Riscos Bayos. In: Más Neuquén. Retrieved July 19, 2020 (Spanish).
- ↑ a b c Historia de Loncopué. In: Patagonia.com.ar. Retrieved July 18, 2020 (Spanish).
- ^ A b Proyecto 11.127 de declaración, expediente D-700/17. In: Legislature of the Province of Neuquén. September 25, 2017, Retrieved July 18, 2020 (Spanish).
- ^ Loncopué: aniversario con gran expectativa . In: Río Negro , October 20, 2010. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
- ↑ La minería a cielo abierto mantiene en alerta a Loncopué . In: Río Negro , February 14, 2018. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
- ^ Loncopué: municipio de segunda categoría. In: Ministry of Economy, Province of Neuquén. October 2015, accessed July 19, 2020 (Spanish).
- ↑ Loncopué - El pueblo que le cerró la puerta a la minería. In: Educadores ambientales en red. Retrieved July 18, 2020 (Spanish).
- ^ Loncopué: La ciudad tiene su nueva terminal. In: Retiro bus station, Buenos Aires. October 20, 2010, accessed July 19, 2020 (Spanish).
- ↑ Aerodromos. In: Aeronáutica Neuquén. Retrieved July 19, 2020 (Spanish).
- ↑ Loncopué avanza con su proyecto turístico de un parque de nieve . In: LM Neuquén , February 15, 2010. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
- ↑ Ruta del Pehuén: el maravilloso viaje por el paraíso de las araucarias. In: Portal of the Therme Copahue. Retrieved July 19, 2020 (Spanish).