Río Negro Province

Río Negro

Basic data
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Capital:	Viedma
Surface:  - Total  share in Argentina	Rank 4 of 24 203,013 km² 7.33%
Population :  - Total 2010  - density	Rank 15 of 24 638,645 inhabitants 3.1 inhabitants / km²
ISO 3166-2 code:	AR-R
politics
Region :	Patagonica region
Structure:	13 departments
Gobernador:	Alberto Weretilneck
Website of the Province of Río Negro

Río Negro is a province in central Argentina on the northern edge of Patagonia . Río Negro has only been a province since July 27, 1955 , before it was a so-called territory.

geography

Río Negro is surrounded by the province of Neuquén in the west, the provinces of Mendoza and La Pampa in the north, the province of Buenos Aires in the northeast and the province of Chubut in the south. In addition, Río Negro borders Chile in the west and the Atlantic Ocean in the southeast .

On the huge provincial terrain you can find a variety of different landscapes. In the east and south, the Patagonian plain, a windy dry steppe, covers wide areas. In the north you will find the temperate valley landscapes of the Río Negro and the Río Colorado . The cold and humid extreme southwest of the province belongs to the southern Andes and is the wettest area in Argentina.

population

The province is sparsely populated overall, but in the upper valley of the Rio Negro, 40% of the provincial population is concentrated around the cities of General Roca (90,000 inhabitants) and Cipolletti (87,000 inhabitants). The largest single town is the tourist center of San Carlos de Bariloche (113,000 inhabitants) in the southern Andes, followed by the provincial capital Viedma on the Atlantic coast (53,000 inhabitants). The fastest growing city is the port city of San Antonio Oeste with its Las Grutas lido (22,000 inhabitants).

A large part of the provincial population (over 55%) are mestizos , but the Tehuelche Indians, who inhabited almost the entire provincial territory before the desert campaign of General Roca (1860–1880), have virtually disappeared as an independent people . Some Mapuche , however, still live in the southern Andes.

Administrative division

The administrative structure of the province of Río Negro was established in the provincial constitution of 1958 and modified in 1988. After that, the province is divided into 13 departments . The municipalities are grouped into two classes. The municipalities with more than 2000 inhabitants are called Municipios , those with less than 2000 inhabitants Comisiones de Fomento . In individual cases, municipalities with a population below 2000 were declared Municipios by the constitutional revision of 1988.

Río Negro Province - Administrative Division

Department	Capital	Area in km²	Residents
Adolfo Alsina	Viedma	008,813	057,678
Avellaneda	Choele Choel	020,379	035,323
Bariloche	San Carlos de Bariloche	005,415	133,500
Conesa	General Conesa	009,765	007,069
El Cuy	El Cuy	022,475	005,280
General Roca	General Roca	014,655	320.921
Nueve de Julio	Sierra Colorada	025,597	003,475
Ñorquincó	Ñorquincó	008,413	001,736
Pichi Mahuida	Río Colorado	015,378	014,107
Pilcaniyeu	Pilcaniyeu	010,545	007,428
San Antonio	San Antonio Oeste	014,015	029,284
Valcheta	Valcheta	020,457	007.101
Veinticinco de Mayo	Maquinchao	027.106	015,743

economy

The largest industry is agriculture in the Río Negro and Río Colorado valleys . Industry can be found almost only in the high valley of the Río Negro (General Roca, Villa Regina, Cipolletti). Sheep breeding and tourism continue to be of great importance .

tourism

San Carlos de Bariloche.

The city of San Carlos de Bariloche on Lake Nahuel Huapi is one of the most visited tourist centers in the whole country, in every season of the year ( Cerro Catedral winter sports center ). The lovely, green and mountainous area around the city and lake is called the " Switzerland of Argentina", which is noticeable in numerous buildings in Bariloche. South of Bariloche is the famous hippie colony El Bolsón . The second largest tourist center in the province is the Atlantic coast with the popular seaside resorts of Las Grutas , El Cóndor and Playas Doradas .

Web links

Commons : Río Negro  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Tourist information about the Province of Río Negro (Spanish)

Coordinates: 40 ° 0 ′  S , 67 ° 0 ′  W