NEUQUEN

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NEUQUEN , an inland territory of Argentina on the Chilean frontier, between the Colorado and Limay rivers, with the province of

Mendoza

on the N. and the territory of Rio Negro on the E. and S. Area, 42,345 sq. m. Pop. (1895) 14,517; (1904, estimate) 18,022. The greater part of the territory is mountainous, with fertile, well-watered valleys and valuable forests. The eastern part, however, contains large barren plains, showing some stunted vegetation, and having numerous saline deposits.

Long

LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

drouths prevail in this , region and there is no inducement for

settlement

SETTLEMENT
SETTLEMENT, ACT OF

, the nomadic Indians visiting it only on their

hunting

HUNTING (the verbal substantive from " hunt "; O. Eng. huntian, hunta; apparently connected with O. Eng. hentan, Gothic hinpan, to capture, O.H.G. hunda,booty)

expeditions. Guanacos and Argentine hares are found in abundance in Neuquen, and to a lesser degree the

South

SOUTH
SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

American ostrich. The Neuquen, which unites with the Limay near the 68th meridian to form the Rio Negro, is the principal river of the territory. The largest of a group of beautiful lakes in the higher Andean valleys is the celebrated Nahuel-Huapi (Lion Grass), which is nearly 5o m.

long

LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

from E. to W. and about 20 M. from N. to S. at its widest part, and which lies partly in the S.W.

angle

ANGLE (from the Lat. angulus, a corner, a diminutive, of which the primitive form, angus, does not occur in Latin; cognate are the Lat. angere, to compress into a bend or to strangle, and the Gr. ayKOS, a bend; both connected with the Aryan root ank-, to

of the territory, partly in Rio Negro, and partly in the republic of Chile. It is the source of the Rio
Limay and receives the overflow from two smaller neighbouring lakes. The temperature of the Andean region is cold even in summer, but on the lower plains it is hot in summer, and only moderately cold in winter. The principal industry is the raising of stock for the Chilean markets, as there is little cultivation. Cereals, forage crops, vegetables and fruits of the cold temperate zone can be produced easily, but distance from markets and lack of transport have restricted their production to local needs. The territory is reached by a light-draft river steamer which ascends the Rio Negro to Fort Roca at the confluence of the Limay and Neuquen, and by a branch of the

Great

GREAT

Southern railway from Bahia Blanca to the same point. The population is concentrated in a few small towns on the rivers and in some colonies, established by the national government to check Chilean invasions, in the fertile districts of the Andes. A

majority

MAJORITY (Fr. majorite; Med. Lat. majoritas; Lat. major, greater)

of the population, however, is of Chilean origin. The

capital

CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

is Chos Alalal, a small town on the upper Neuquen, in the mountainous

district

DISTRICT

in the northern part of the territory.

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