Loncopué | |
Settlement Type: | Department |
Mapsize: | 180px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Argentina |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Neuquén |
Seat Type: | Capital |
Seat: | Loncopué |
Area Total Km2: | 5506 |
Population Total: | 6457 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Blank Name Sec1: | Important cities |
Blank Info Sec1: | Loncopué
|
Loncopué is a department located in the west of Neuquén Province, Argentina.
The department is the site of an ongoing dispute between local Mapuche communities and Chinese mining interest. It is the first such conflict in Neuquén Province.[1]
The Department limits with Ñorquín Department at north, Pehuenches Department at north east, Confluencia Department at east, Picunches Department at south and Chile at east.