Arroyito is a village and municipality in
Neuquén Province in southwestern
Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...
. It is located 54 km south of the city of
Neuquén
Neuquén (; arn, Nehuenken) is the capital city of the Argentine province of Neuquén and of the Confluencia Department, located in the east of the province. It occupies a strip of land west of the confluence of the Limay and Neuquén river ...
, at the junction of National Route 22 and National Highway 237. Arroyito has 81 inhabitants (INDEC, 2001), representing an increase of 68.75% in ten years compared to the previous census with 48 inhabitants (INDEC, 1991).
The
Arroyito Dam
The Arroyito Dam (in Spanish, ''Embalse de Arroyito'') is the fifth of five dams on the Limay River in northwestern Argentine Patagonia (the Comahue region), at above mean sea level. It was inaugurated in 1979.
The dam is made of compacted l ...
lies on the
Limay River
The Limay River is an important river in the northwestern Argentine Patagonia (the region of Comahue). It originates at the eastern end of the Nahuel Huapi Lake and flows in a meandering path for about , collecting the waters of several tributari ...
, about 55 kilometres from the village.
It has a heavy water production plant with a capacity of 200 t / year, operated by the state company ENSI.
The Sulzer Brothers of Switzerland were hired to implement the project, originally intended for completion in 1984.
References
Populated places in Neuquén Province
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