Loncopué Department

Loncopué
Department
CountryArgentina
ProvinceNeuquén
CapitalLoncopué
Area
 • Total
5,506 km2 (2,126 sq mi)
Population
 • Total
6,457
 • Density1.2/km2 (3.0/sq mi)
Important citiesLoncopué

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. ^ a b 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