Prahuaniyeu is a village and municipality in
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 capi ...
in
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 ...
, located south of
Los Menucos on the
Meseta de Somuncurá. The major economic activity is sheep and goat farming, with lambs and wool produced for sale.
On May 18, 2011,
Sol Líneas Aéreas Flight 5428, en route from
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 ...
to
Comodoro Rivadavia, crashed near this location at around 9pm (GMT-3). The impact killed all 22 people aboard, including a baby.
aérea en la Patagonia: hay 22 muertos, entre ellos un bebé''
References
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Populated places in Río Negro Province