Neuquen (Spanish pronunciation: [newˈken]; Mapudungun: 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 which form the Río Negro, making it part of the ecoregion of Alto Valle del Río Negro.
The city and surrounding area have a population of more than 340,000, making it the largest city in Patagonia.
Along with the cities of Plottier and Cipolletti, it is part of the Neuquén – Plottier – Cipolletti conurbation. Founded in 1904, it is the newest provincial capital city in Argentina.
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2. Province of Argentina
Neuquen 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 at its northeast corner.
The Neuquén Province
receives its name from the Neuquén River.
The term "Neuquén"
derives from the Mapudungun word "Nehuenken" meaning drafty, which
the aborigines used for the river.
The word (without the
accentuation) is a palindrome.
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3. Former territorial division of Argentina
Neuquen Governate, a former territorial division of Argentina between 1884 and 1955
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4. River in Argentina
Neuquen River (Spanish: Río Neuquén) 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 tight oil and gas.
The river begins in the northwest of the province at an elevation of 2,300 metres (7,500 ft), to be fed by a number of streams through valleys of the lower Andes while advancing diagonally in southeast direction.
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5. Basin in Argentina
Neuquen Basin (Spanish: Cuenca Neuquina) is a sedimentary basin covering most of Neuquén Province in Argentina.
The basin originated in the Jurassic and developed through alternating continental and marine conditions well into the Tertiary.
The basin bounds to the west
with the Andean Volcanic Belt, to the southeast with the North Patagonian
Massif and to the northeast with the San Rafael Block and to the east with the
Sierra Pintada System.
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6. Group of geologic formations in Argentina
The Neuquen Group is a group of geologic formations found in Argentina.
Rocks in the Neuquén Group
fall within the Cenomanian to early Campanian stages of the Late Cretaceous
Period.
It overlies the older Lohan
Cura Formation and is itself overlain by the younger Allen Formation of the
Malargüe Group, separated from both by unconformities, dated to 98 and 79 Ma
respectively.
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