Loncopué Department

Loncopué
Loncopué
Department
Country	Argentina
Province	Neuquén
Capital	Loncopué
Area
• Total	5,506 km2 (2,126 sq mi)
Population (2022)
• Total	7,698
• Density	1.398/km2 (3.621/sq mi)
Important cities	Loncopué Cajón de Almanza; Chorriaca; Huitrin; Huncal; Pichaihue; Muchilinco; Quintuco; Huarenchenque;

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.^[1] It is the first such conflict in Neuquén Province.^[1]

Geography

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.

References

1 2 Wagner, Lucrecia (2019). "Propuestas de inversiones chinas en territorio mapuche: resistencias a la minería metalífera en Loncopué" [Proposal of chinese investments in mapuche territory: resistances to metallic mining in Loncopué]. Estudios Atacameños (in Spanish). 63. doi:10.22199/issn.0718-1043-2019-0028. hdl:11336/126638.

38°04′00″S 70°36′53″W / 38.06667°S 70.61472°W / -38.06667; -70.61472

[Wagner2019-1] 1 2 Wagner, Lucrecia (2019). "Propuestas de inversiones chinas en territorio mapuche: resistencias a la minería metalífera en Loncopué" [Proposal of chinese investments in mapuche territory: resistances to metallic mining in Loncopué]. Estudios Atacameños (in Spanish). 63. doi:10.22199/issn.0718-1043-2019-0028. hdl:11336/126638.

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