Rucachoroi is a town in the
Aluminé Department
Aluminé is a department located in the west of Neuquén Province, Argentina.
Geography
The departament limits with Chile at east and northeast, Loncopué Department at northwest, Zapala Department at southwest and Huiliches Department
Huilic ...
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Neuquén Province
Neuquén () is a province of Argentina, located in the west of the country, at the northern end of Patagonia. It borders Mendoza Province to the north, Rio Negro Province to the southeast, and Chile to the west. It also meets La Pampa Province a ...
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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 at an altitude of 3,234 meters over the sea level. It is named after the nearby
Rucachoroi Lake. ''Rucachoroi'' means "house of the parrots" in
Mapundungun.
References
Populated places in Neuquén Province
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