Loncopué Department

Loncopué
Loncopué
	Department
Country	Argentina
Province	Neuquén
Capital	Loncopué
Area
• Total	5,506 km2 (2,126 sq mi)
Population
• Total	6,457
• Density	1.2/km2 (3.0/sq mi)
Important cities	Loncopué Cajón de Almanza; Chorriaca; Huitrin; Huncal; Pichaihue; Muchilinco; Quintuco; Huarenchenque;

Loncopué is a department located in the west of Neuquén Province, Argentina.

The department is the site of an ongoing dispute between local Mapuche communities and Chinese mining interest.[1] It is the first such conflict in Neuquén Province.[1]

Geography

The Department limits with Ñorquín Department at north, Pehuenches Department at north east, Confluencia Department at east, Picunches Department at south and Chile at east.

References

Wagner, Lucrecia (2019). "Propuestas de inversiones chinas en territorio mapuche: resistencias a la minería metalífera en Loncopué" [Proposal of chinese investments in mapuche territory: resistances to metallic mining in Loncopué]. Estudios Atacameños (in Spanish). 63. doi:10.22199/issn.0718-1043-2019-0028.

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[Wagner2019-1] Wagner, Lucrecia (2019). "Propuestas de inversiones chinas en territorio mapuche: resistencias a la minería metalífera en Loncopué" [Proposal of chinese investments in mapuche territory: resistances to metallic mining in Loncopué]. Estudios Atacameños (in Spanish). 63. doi:10.22199/issn.0718-1043-2019-0028.