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ID: 1019795
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1019795
Record Type:
administrative
Neuquén (inhabited place)
Coordinates:
Lat: 38 57 00 S
degrees minutes
Lat: -38.9500
decimal degrees
Long: 068 04 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -68.0667
decimal degrees
Note:
Located at confluence of Neuquén & Limay rivers; developed as market center for fruit in 1970s, when the surrounding area became cultivable after El Chocón & Cerros Colorados dams were constructed; also produces heavy equipment for oil fields.
Names:
Neuquén
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
South America
(continent) (
P
)
........
Argentina
(nation) (
P
)
............
Neuquén
(province) (
P
)
................
Neuquén
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
founded 1904
city (
C
)
provincial capital (
C
)
market center (
C
)
industrial center (
C
)
Sources and Contributors:
Neuquén..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
VIII, 621
.................
NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988)
VIII, 621
..................
NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998)
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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