Cipolletti ( or ) is a city in north of the

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n . With a population of 87,492 inhabitants at the , Cipolletti is the third-most populated settlement in the province, after

San Carlos de Bariloche San Carlos de Bariloche, usually known as Bariloche (), is a city in the province of Río Negro, Argentina, situated in the foothills of the Andes on the southern shores of Nahuel Huapi Lake. It is located within the Nahuel Huapi National Park. ...

and

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Geography

The city is located on the north-eastern shore of the

Neuquén River The Neuquén River () is the second most important river of the province of Neuquén in the Argentine Patagonia, after the Limay River. Rocks of the Neuquén Basin are fossiliferous, and the basin hosts what may become important fields of ti ...

, just before it is joined by 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 ...

to form the

Negro River Río Negro (Spanish and Portuguese, 'Black River') may refer to: Rivers Brazil * Rio Negro (Amazon), tributary of the Amazon River * Rio Negro (Mato Grosso do Sul) * Rio Negro (Paraná) * Rio Negro (Rio de Janeiro) * Rio Negro (Rondônia) * ...

, a short distance upstream from the city of

. Opposite Cipolletti, across the river, lies

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 rivers w ...

, capital of the province of the same name, connected to it by road and railway bridges. Cipolletti's neighborhood of Las Perlas lies south of Neuquén, 14 km west from its city center, and has the character of an independent town.

History

Cipolletti was founded as a fort called Confluencia by General Lorenzo Vintter, in 1881. The name was changed later, after César Cipolletti, one of the forerunners of the study of the irrigation system of the Negro River, and heart of the

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and

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cultivation zone of the Alto Valle.

Climate

Cipolletti has a borderline

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(

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''BSk/BWk''). ''(direct
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'' Winters are cool with a July mean of and nighttime temperatures regularly drop below . Overcast days are common during the winter months, averaging 10–12 days from June to August. Spring and fall are variable seasons with temperatures that can reach up to and below although most days are warm during the day and cool during the night. Summers are hot, dry and sunny with a January mean of . Daytime temperatures average while nighttime temperatures are cooler, averaging . Precipitation is low, averaging , which is fairly evenly distributed throughout the year. The first date of frost occurs on May 4 while the last frost occurs on September 10. The highest temperature recorded was on January 22, 2021 while the lowest recorded temperature was .

References

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- Tourism portal.

Notes

Populated places in Río Negro Province Populated places established in 1881 Cities in Argentina 1881 establishments in Argentina {{RíoNegroAR-geo-stub