Loncopué is a department located in the west of

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 Provinc ...

, Argentina. The department is the site of an ongoing dispute between local

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communities and Chinese mining interest. It is the first such conflict in Neuquén Province.

Geography

The Department limits with

Ñorquín Department Ñorquín is a department located in the north of Neuquén Province, Argentina. Geography The Department limits with Minas Department at the Northwest, Chos Malal Department at the northeast, Pehuenches Department at east, Loncopué Department ...

at north,

Pehuenches Department Pehuenches is a department located in the northeast of Neuquén Province, Argentina. Geography The department limits at north with Mendoza province, at northeast with La Pampa Province and at east with Rio Negro Province Rio or Río is the Po ...

at north east,

Confluencia Department Confluencia is a department located in the east of Neuquén Province in Argentina. Neuquén, the capital city of the province, is located in this department. The department is named ''Confluencia'' after the confluence of the rivers Neuquén and Li ...

at east, Picunches Department at south and

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at east.

References

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