Loncopué Department
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. It is the first such conflict in Neuquén Province.
- Type: department of Argentina with 7,700 residents
- Description: department of Argentina
- Also known as: “Departamento de Loncopue”, “Departamento Loncopue”, “Departement de Loncopue”, “Département de loncopué”, “Département De Loncopué”, “Loncopue”, “Loncopue Department”, and “Департамент Лонкопуэ”
Loncopué Department
Latitude
-38.0833° or 38° 5′ south
Longitude
-70.3333° or 70° 20′ west
Population
7,700
Elevation
1,432 metres (4,698 feet)
Open location code
47HFWM88+MM
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Turkish—“Loncopué Department” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Լոնկոպե”
- Cebuano: “Departamento de Loncopué”
- Chinese: “隆科普埃縣”
- Dutch: “Loncopué”
- French: “Département de Loncopué”
- French: “Loncopué”
- Georgian: “ლონკოპუეს დეპარტამენტი”
- German: “Departamento Loncopué”
- Hungarian: “Loncopué megye”
- Italian: “Dipartimento di Loncopué”
- Japanese: “ロンコプエ・デパルタメント”
- Mingrelian: “ლონკოპუეშ დეპარტამენტი”
- Portuguese: “Loncopué (departamento)”
- Portuguese: “Loncopué”
- Russian: “Лонкопуэ (департамент)”
- Russian: “Лонкопуэ”
- Spanish: “Departamento Loncopué”
- Swedish: “Loncopué”
- Turkish: “Departamento Loncopué”
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