Ñorquincó is a city in Ñorquincó Department, in southwest

Río Negro Province Río Negro (, ''Black River'') is a province of Argentina, located in northern Patagonia. Neighboring provinces are from the south clockwise Chubut, Neuquén, Mendoza, La Pampa and Buenos Aires. To the east lies the Atlantic Ocean. Its capit ...

, Argentina. With a population of 444, it had a decline of 12.7% after the 509 in the previous census. The name comes from the

Mapudungun Mapuche (, Mapuche & Spanish: , or Mapudungun; from ' 'land' and ' 'speak, speech') is an Araucanian language related to Huilliche spoken in south-central Chile and west-central Argentina by the Mapuche people (from ''mapu'' 'land' and ''che ...

language, meaning ''Water Plant'', due to a common plant of the area, called "ñorquin". The town was founded on 16 November 1901 as Department Seat of the

department Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military *Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...

of the same name.

External links

Provincial website

Populated places in Río Negro Province {{RíoNegroAR-geo-stub