Ñorquincó is a city in
Ñorquincó Department, in southwest
RÃo Negro Province
RÃo 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 cap ...
, Argentina.
With a population of 444, it had a decline of 12.7% after the 509 in the previous census.
Name
The name comes from the
Mapudungun
Mapuche ( , ; from 'land' and 'people', meaning 'the people of the land') or Mapudungun (from 'land' and 'speak, speech', meaning 'the speech of the land'; also spelled Mapuzugun and Mapudungu) is either a language isolate or member of the s ...
language, meaning ''Water Plant'', due to a common plant of the area, called "ñorquin".
History
The town was founded on 16 November 1901 as Department Seat of the
department of the same name.
External links
Provincial website
Populated places in RÃo Negro Province
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