Río Negro Province

{{short description|Province of Argentina}} {{about|the province of Argentina|the province of Colombia|Rionegro Province}} {{Redirect|Negro River||Negro River (disambiguation)|and|Rio Negro (disambiguation)}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Río Negro | official_name = {{raise|0.2em|Province of Río Negro}} {{nobold|{{lang|es|Provincia de Río Negro}} {{small|(Spanish)}}}} | native_name = | native_name_lang = es | settlement_type = Province | image_skyline = View from the Golf course at Llao Llao.jpg | image_alt = | image_caption = View of Nahuel Huapi Lake | image_flag = Bandera de la Provincia del Río Negro.svg | flag_alt = | flag_link = | image_seal = Escudo de la Provincia del Río Negro.svg | seal_alt = | image_shield = | shield_alt = | nickname = | motto = | image_map = Rio Negro in Argentina (+Falkland hatched)-2.svg | map_alt = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|40|48|S|63|00|W|display=inline,title}} | coor_pinpoint = | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Argentina | parts_type = Divisions | parts_style = para | p1 = 13 departments | established_title = | established_date = | founder = | seat_type = Capital | seat = Viedma | government_footnotes = | leader_party = JSRN | leader_title = Governor | leader_name = Alberto Weretilneck | leader_title1 = Vice Governor | leader_name1 = Pedro Oscar Pesatti (PJ) | leader_title2 = Legislature | leader_name2 = 46 | leader_title3 = National Deputies | leader_name3 = 5 | leader_title4 = National Senators | leader_name4 = Claudio Doñate (UP) Silvina García Larraburu (UP) Mónica Silva (JSRN) | unit_pref = Metric | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 203013 | area_land_km2 = | area_water_km2 = | area_water_percent = | area_note = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_footnotes = | population_total = 750,768 | population_as_of = 2022 census<ref name="Census 2022">Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos de la Republica Argentine, Census of 16 May 2022.</ref> | population_rank = 15th | population_density_km2 = auto | population_demonym = ''Rionegrino'' | population_note = | demographics_type2 = GDP | demographics2_footnotes = | demographics2_title1 = Total | demographics2_info1 = peso 111 billion (US$6.7 billion) (2018)<ref>{{cite web|title=PBG Río negro 2017|url=https://www.bst.com.ar/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Prospecto-Preliminar.pdf}}</ref> | timezone1 = ART | utc_offset1 = | timezone1_DST = | utc_offset1_DST = | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code_type = | area_code = | iso_code = AR-R | blank_name = '''HDI''' (2021) | blank_info = 0.844 {{color|darkgreen|very high}} (7th)<ref name="ArgentinaHDI">{{cite web|title=El mapa del desarrollo humano en Argentina|url=https://www.undp.org/sites/g/files/zskgke326/files/2022-11/PNUD_ElMapaDelDesarrollo_FINAL_1.pdf|work=United Nations Development Programme|date=25 June 2023}}</ref> | website = {{URL |rionegro.gov.ar}} | footnotes = }}

'''Río Negro''' ({{IPA|es|ˈri.o ˈneɣɾo}}, ''Black River'') is a province of Argentina, located in northern Patagonia.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Constitución Nacional y Constitución Provincial |url=https://web.legisrn.gov.ar/institucional/pagina/constitucion-de-la-provincia-de-rio-negro |access-date=2025-07-01 |website=Legislatura de Río Negro |language=es-ES}}</ref> Neighboring provinces are from the south clockwise Chubut, Neuquén, Mendoza, La Pampa and Buenos Aires. To the east lies the Atlantic Ocean.

Its capital is Viedma near the Atlantic outlet of the province's namesake river in the eastern extreme. The largest city is Bariloche in the far west in the Andean foothills. Other important cities include General Roca and Cipolletti.

==History== [[File:Francisco Moreno.jpg|thumb|left|140px|Francisco Moreno, a prominent explorer and academic.]] Ferdinand Magellan was the first European explorer to visit the coasts of the provinces in 1520. Italian priest Nicolás Mascardi founded the Jesuit mission ''Nuestra Señora de Nahuel Huapi'' in 1670 at the shore of the Nahuel Huapi Lake, at the feet of the Andes range.

Originally part of the Argentine territory called Patagonia (in 1878 the ''Gobernación de la Patagonia''<ref>Law Nº 954, of 11 October 1878</ref>), in 1884 it was organised into the ''Territorio Nacional del Río Negro'' and General Lorenzo Vintter was appointed as the territory's first governor. It was only in 1957,<ref>Law Nº 14,408 of 15 June 1955 authorized the creation of the province, but this was not accomplished until 1957.</ref> that Río Negro acquired status of a province; its first provincial governor was Edgardo Castello of the Radical Civic Union (UCR).<ref>{{Cite web|title= Breve Historia del Edificio de la Legislatura |publisher=Legislatura de Río Negro |url=http://www.legisrn.gov.ar/edificio/historia.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110824223030/http://www.legisrn.gov.ar/edificio/historia.php |archive-date=24 August 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref>

==Geography== {{see also|Arid Diagonal}} thumb|left|The Somuncurá Plateau.

Río Negro is one of the five provinces that make up Argentine Patagonia (together with the most southern partido of Buenos Aires Province - Patagones Partido).<ref name=geography>{{cite web |url=http://rionegro.gov.ar/?typeID=0&pagina=resena |title=Reseña Geografía |language=es |publisher=Gobierno de Río Negro |access-date=15 December 2015}}</ref> It is bounded to the north by the Colorado River which separates it from La Pampa Province, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean and to the west by the Andes and the Limay River (serves as the natural border with Neuquén Province).<ref name=geography/> The 42nd parallel south marks the southern limit of the province.<ref name=geography/> With an area of {{convert|203,013|km2|1}}, it is the 4th largest province by area.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ign.gob.ar/NuestrasActividades/Geografia/DatosArgentina/DivisionPolitica |title=División Política, Superficie y Población |publisher=Instituto Geográfico Nacional |language=es |access-date=15 December 2015}}</ref>

===Climate=== {{see also|Climate of Argentina|Climatic regions of Argentina}} thumb|left|260px|Roadside scenery along the Upper Valley of the ''Río Negro'' ("Black River").

The climate of the province is temperate at low elevations, and very cold in the higher Andean peaks.

====Temperature==== The mean annual temperatures in the province are relatively cold for its latitude owing to the marine currents to the east and higher altitude to the west. Mean annual temperatures in the province can vary, depending on altitude and distance from the sea. The northern parts of the province are the warmest, with a mean annual temperature of more than {{convert|15|C|1}} while the coldest areas are found in the Cordillera where the mean annual temperatures are less than {{convert|10|C|1}}. At the highest peaks, the mean annual temperature is less than freezing. Summer temperatures can exceed {{convert|40|C|1}} although the mean January temperatures range from {{convert|20|to|24|C|1}}. In contrast, the Andean region has milder summers with mean January temperatures of {{convert|15|C|1}} or less, depending on the altitude. In July, mean temperatures range from {{convert|7|to|8|C|1}} on the coast in the north to around {{convert|2|to|3|C|1}} in the central plateau.<ref name = IRN>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141102083013/http://www.mineria.gob.ar/estudios/irn/rionegro/r-2.asp |archive-date=November 2, 2014|url= http://www.mineria.gob.ar/estudios/irn/rionegro/r-2.asp#m1 |language=es |title= Provincia de Río Negro–Clima Y Metéorologia |publisher= Secretaria de Mineria de la Nacion (Argentina) |access-date= June 30, 2014}}</ref>

====Humidity and precipitation==== [[File:Base del Cerro Catedral en Bariloche. (Patagonia Argentina) 20.JPG|thumb|Snow in Villa Cerro Catedral.]] [[File:Koppen-Geiger Map v2 ARG Río Negro 1991–2020.svg|thumb|Köppen classification map for the province of Río Negro]] Relative humidity is lower in the central plateau where they average 50%.<ref name=IRN/> Along the coastal regions, humidity is higher with a mean annual humidity of 60% while the Andean region has the highest humidity with an average annual humidity exceeding 65% due to the lower temperatures there.<ref name=IRN/> In all locations, humidity is lower in the summer and higher in the winter owing to the higher temperatures in the summer.<ref name=IRN/>

The Andes block most of the moisture from the Pacific Ocean from coming in, causing it to release most of the precipitation on its western slopes and as such, most of the province is dry, with a mean annual precipitation around {{convert|200|mm|in|0}}.<ref name=IRN/> Coastal areas and northern parts of the province receive a slightly higher precipitation, where it can average above {{convert|300|mm|in|0}} a year.<ref name=IRN/> The Andean region receives the most precipitation with areas receiving a mean annual precipitation of {{convert|200|to|1000|mm|in|0}} in which the precipitation gradient is very strong and increases westwards.<ref name=IRN/> In some places, precipitation can exceed {{convert|3000|mm|in|0}} a year.<ref name=IRN/> Most of the Andean region has a rainfall pattern that is Mediterranean like, similar to Central Chile in which most of the precipitation falls during the winter months and summers are dry.<ref name=IRN/>

====Wind and sunshine==== [[File:Ruta_Nacional_40_km_1930.jpg|thumb|National Route 40 near Bariloche.]]

One dominant characteristic of the climate is the strong winds that are observed throughout the province.<ref name=IRN/> Summers tend to be windier than winters.<ref name=IRN/> Winds coming from the west, southwest and northwest are common, occurring 50% of the time (60% if calm winds are not included).<ref name=IRN/> There is some tendency for the winds to come from the east, particularly on the coastal regions when sea breezes from the east can occur when westerly winds are weak, which can be felt up to {{convert|10|km}} from the coast.<ref name=IRN/> The mean wind speed throughout the province varies with the northern parts having the lowest wind speeds while the highest altitude areas being the windiest.<ref name=IRN/> Except for the northern parts of the province, mean annual wind speeds exceed {{convert|4|m/s}}.<ref name=IRN/>

Cloud cover varies throughout the province, ranging from more than 60% in the Andean region to about 40% in the coastal areas.<ref name=IRN/> The central plateaus have intermediate amounts of cloud cover between these 2 regions.<ref name=IRN/> As such, the Andean region is cloudier than the rest of the province.<ref name=IRN/> Sunshine ranges from 10–11 hours of sunshine/day in January to about 5 hours of sunshine/day (less cloudier areas) to less than 3 hours of sunshine/day (more cloudier areas) in July.<ref name=IRN/>

==Demographics== {{Historical populations |title = Historical population |state = collapsed |width = |percentages = |source = <ref name=pop>{{cite web |url=http://www.estadisticaycensos.rionegro.gov.ar/index.php?contID=20021 |title=Población de la Provincia de Río Negro por sexo. Año 1895–2010 |publisher=Dirección de Estadísticas y Censos de la Provincia de Río Negro |language=es |access-date=15 December 2015}}</ref> |1895 |9,241 |1914 |42,242 |1947 |134,350 |1960 |193,292 |1970 |262,622 |1980 |383,354 |1991 |506,772 |2001 |552,822 |2010 |638,645 |2022 |750,768 }}

{{Pie chart | thumb = right | caption = Ethnical groups in Río Negro (2022 census)<ref name='Censo 2022'>{{cite news |access-date=8 March 2024 |agency=INDEC |title=Censo 2022 |trans-title=Census 2022 |url=https://www.indec.gob.ar/indec/web/Nivel4-Tema-2-41-165|website=Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos, República Argentina}}</ref> | label1 = Undeclared | value1 = 92.9 | color1 = White | label2 = Native | value2 = 6.4 | color2 = #d62728 | label3 = Black | value3 = 0.7 | color3 = #2ca02c }}

According to the results from the {{census-ar|2010}}, the province had a population of 638,645 with 316,774 males and 321,871 females.<ref name=pop/> It constituted 1.6% of the total population in Argentina.<ref name=indectomoI>{{cite web |url=http://www.indec.gov.ar/ftp/cuadros/poblacion/censo2010_tomo1.pdf |title=Censo Nacional de Población, Hogares y Viviendas 2010: Resultados definitivos: Serie B No 2: Tomo 1 |language=es |access-date=15 December 2015 |publisher=INDEC |archive-date=22 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222120948/http://www.indec.gov.ar/ftp/cuadros/poblacion/censo2010_tomo1.pdf }}</ref>{{rp|63}} This represented a 15.5% increase in the population compared to {{census-ar|2001}} which had 552,822 inhabitants.<ref name=pop/> Amongst of all the provinces in Patagonia{{refn|group=note|name=Patagonia|Argentine Patagonia includes the provinces of Río Negro, Neuquén, Chubut, Santa Cruz, and Tierra del Fuego}}, it is the most populous, containing 30.4% of the total population in Patagonia.{{refn|group=note|name=Patagonia}}<ref name=pop1>{{cite web |url=http://www.estadisticaneuquen.gob.ar/informes/Patagonia.pdf |title=La Patagonia–Cuestiones demográficas de la tierra del fin del mundo |publisher=Dirección Provincial de Estadísticas y Censos de la Provincia del Neuquén |language=es |access-date=15 December 2015}}</ref> The province's population rose to 750,768 at the 2022 Census.<ref name="Census 2022">Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos de la Republica Argentine, Census of 16 May 2022.</ref>

The province is home to four indigenous groups: The Tehuelches, the Puelches, the Pehuenches, and the Mapuches.<ref name=rnpueblos>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181009045037/http://rionegro.gov.ar/?typeID=0&pagina=etnias |archive-date=9 October 2018 |url=http://rionegro.gov.ar/?typeID=0&pagina=etnias |title=Los pueblos originarios |publisher=Gobierno de Río Negro |language=es |access-date=9 October 2018}}</ref> Almost all of the indigenous population in the province are the Mapuches with the rest being small in number where their few descendants live in the neighbouring provinces.<ref name=rnpueblos/> The Mapuches along with some of the Pehuenches originally lived in the western parts of the province although today, they mainly live in the southern parts of the province.<ref name=rnpueblos/> The Tehuelches were nomadic people that hunted on the steppes in the province.<ref name=rnpueblos/> The Puelches, being also nomadic, lived on the northern margins of Nahuel Huapi Lake and the surrounding forests in the Andean mountains, living off hunting and fishing.<ref name=rnpueblos/> It was previously thought that Mapuches started coming to the region before 1880 from Chile, leading to the imposition of their culture onto the other indigenous groups.<ref name=rnpueblos/> However, archaeological research has shown the existence of the Mapuche people in the Argentine provinces long before the arrival of the European conquerors.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Azara |first=Fundación |date=2017-03-01 |title=Sociedades originarias de la Patagonia, pasado y presente |url=https://fundacionazara.org.ar/sociedades-originarias-de-la-patagonia-pasado-y-presente/ |access-date=2025-07-02 |website=Fundación Azara |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Pérez |first1=Alberto E. |last2=Tesmer |first2=Rodrigo Moulian |last3=Reyes Sánchez |first3=Juan Francisco |last4=Lanata |first4=José L. |last5=Medina |first5=Andrea |last6=Chapanoff Cerda |first6=Miguel |date=2022-08-24 |editor-last=Hart |editor-first=John P. |title=A pre-Hispanic canoe or Wampo burial in Northwestern Patagonia, Argentina |journal=PLOS ONE |language=en |volume=17 |issue=8 |article-number=e0272833 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0272833 |doi-access=free |issn=1932-6203 |pmc=9401108 |pmid=36001547|bibcode=2022PLoSO..1772833P }}</ref> Originally agricultural people, the Mapuches became nomadic upon arrival in the province due to the utilization of horses.<ref name=rnpueblos/>

[[File:Casa de Té en Colonia Suiza.jpg|thumb|Tea House in Colonia Suiza.]]

The province received immigrants mostly from Chile, Italy, Switzerland, Spain, Germany and the United Kingdom during the last years of the 19th century and the first years of the 20th century.

==Government== thumb|Governor Arabella Carreras The provincial government is divided into the usual three branches: the executive, headed by a popularly elected governor, who appoints the cabinet; the legislative; and the judiciary, headed by the Supreme Court. {{main|Legislature of Río Negro|ex-Governor of Río Negro Province }}

As of December 2019, Arabela Carreras became governor of the province, following the retirement of Alberto Weretilneck due to term-limit. She is the first woman elected governor of the province.<ref name=perfil>{{cite web|url=https://www.perfil.com/noticias/politica/quien-es-arabela-carreras-primera-mujer-gobernadora-rio-negro.phtml|work=Perfil|title=Quién es Arabela Carreras, la primera mujer gobernadora de Río Negro|date=8 April 2019|access-date=17 November 2020|language=Spanish}}</ref>

The Constitution of Río Negro Province forms the formal law of the province.

In Argentina, the most important law enforcement organization is the Argentine Federal Police but the additional work is carried out by the Río Negro Provincial Police.

==Political division== thumb|right|370px|Political division of the northern Patagonia; capital cities and heads of departments labeled, national roads and main rivers. The province is divided into 13 departments (Spanish: ''departamentos''), listed below with their areas and populations at the Censuses of 15 May 1991, 17 November 2000, 27 October 2010 and 16 May 2022:<ref name="Census 2022">Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos de la Republica Argentine, Census of 16 May 2022.</ref>

{| class="sortable wikitable" |- ! Name || Capital || Area (km2) || Census 1991 || Census 2000 || Census 2010 || Census 2022 |- | Adolfo Alsina || Viedma ||align="right"|8,813||align="right"|44,465||align="right"|50,701||align="right"|57,678||align="right"|64,482 |- | Avellaneda || Choele Choel ||align="right"|20,379||align="right"|27,324||align="right"|32,308||align="right"|35,323||align="right"|41,352 |- | Bariloche || San Carlos de Bariloche ||align="right"|5,415||align="right"|94,640||align="right"|109,826||align="right"|133,500||align="right"|162,088 |- | Conesa || General Conesa ||align="right"|9,765||align="right"|6,187||align="right"|6,291||align="right"|7,069||align="right"|7,429 |- | El Cuy || El Cuy ||align="right"|22,475||align="right"|3,486||align="right"|4,252||align="right"|5,280||align="right"|6,960 |- | General Roca || General Roca ||align="right"|14,655||align="right"|264,582||align="right"|281,653||align="right"|320,921||align="right"|380,525 |- | Ñorquincó || Ñorquincó ||align="right"|8,413||align="right"|2,356||align="right"|2,079||align="right"|1,736||align="right"|1,452 |- | Nueve de Julio || Sierra Colorada ||align="right"|25,597||align="right"|3,474||align="right"|3,501||align="right"|3,475||align="right"|3,719 |- | Pichi Mahuida || Río Colorado ||align="right"|15,378||align="right"|13,351||align="right"|14,026||align="right"|14,017||align="right"|16,551 |- | Pilcaniyeu || Pilcaniyeu ||align="right"|10,545||align="right"|4,963||align="right"|6,114||align="right"|7,428||align="right"|9,373 |- | San Antonio || San Antonio Oeste ||align="right"|14,015||align="right"|24,216||align="right"|23,972||align="right"|29,284||align="right"|35,800 |- | Valcheta || Valcheta ||align="right"|20,457||align="right"|5,091||align="right"|4,946||align="right"|7,101||align="right"|4,319 |- | Veinticinco de Mayo || Maquinchao ||align="right"|27,106||align="right"|12,637||align="right"|13,153||align="right"|15,743||align="right"|16,718 |- | '''''Río Negro Totals'''''|| Viedma ||align="right"|203,013||align="right"|506,772||align="right"|552,822||align="right"|638,645||align="right"|750,768 |}

Source for department names: <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.citypopulation.de/php/argentina-rionegro.php|title=Departments|work=ARGENTINA: Río Negro|publisher=Citypopulation.de|access-date=22 November 2012}}</ref>

[[Image:Bariloche2-11-2003.jpg|thumb|center|770px|View of Lake Nahuel Huapi and the city of Bariloche.]]

==Economy== [[Image:Bariloche- Argentina.jpg|thumb|Llao Llao Hotel, on Lake Nahuel Huapi. Tourism adds at least 10% to Rio Negro's economy.]] Argentina's ninth-largest, Rio Negro's economy is a diversified service-based one with vigorous agricultural and light manufacturing sectors. Its 2006 output was an estimated US$5.420 billion, or a per capita income of US$9,805.<ref name=pbg>{{cite web |url = http://www.iader.org.ar/?x=crecimpcial06 |title = El déficit consolidado de las provincias rondará los $11.500 millones este año |publisher = Instituto Argentino para el Desarrollo de las Economías Regionales |language = es |access-date = 10 July 2015 |archive-date = 11 July 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150711032049/http://www.iader.org.ar/?x=crecimpcial06 }}</ref> In 2013, its output increased to $43.349 billion Pesos (about US$7.939 billion) at current market prices.<ref name=gdp>{{cite web |url= http://www.estadisticaycensos.rionegro.gov.ar/index.php?catID=499 |title = Indicadores Económicos |publisher = Dirección de Estadística y Censos de la Provincia de Río Negro |language=es |access-date = 10 July 2015}}</ref><ref name=exchangerate>{{cite web|url=http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/PA.NUS.FCRF|title=Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average) - Data|website=data.worldbank.org|access-date=21 March 2018}}</ref>

There is a gold mine located at Calcatreu, near Ingeniero Jacobacci, owned by Pan American Silver.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.panamericansilver.com/operations/argentina/calcatreu/|title=Calcatreu|work=Operations|publisher=Pan American Silver|access-date=6 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018033443/http://www.panamericansilver.com/operations/argentina/calcatreu/|archive-date=18 October 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref> in December 2011 the provincial government repealed a law banning the use of cyanide in mineral processing, and the mine's owners regarded this as a positive development which is likely to bring increased investment.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mineweb.co.za/mineweb/view/mineweb/en/page72068?oid=143738&sn=Detail&pid=102055|title=Boost for gold mining as Argentina's Rio Negro Province repeals cyanide ban|work=Mineweb|last=Dorothy Kosich|date=20 January 2012|publisher=Moneyweb Holdings|access-date=6 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120127065729/http://www.mineweb.co.za/mineweb/view/mineweb/en/page72068?oid=143738&sn=Detail&pid=102055|archive-date=27 January 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==Tourism== [[Image:La Angostura (Bolivien).jpg|thumb|Lake Nahuel Huapi, the most famous among the Andes range's many lakes.]]

There are two main areas of tourism in the province; the Andes and the Atlantic coast.

:'''The Andean Area''' The most visited area is that of the lake district near San Carlos de Bariloche inside the Nahuel Huapi National Park, and neighbouring Neuquén Province. This includes the Isla Victoria, ''Camino de los Siete Lagos'', Los Arrayanes National Park, and many trekking paths among lakes.

:'''The Atlantic Coast''' [[Image:LasGrutasPlaya2.jpg|thumb|Las Grutas beach]]

Returns of southern right whales are possibly the biggest of tourism attractions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.patagonia.com.ar/Las+Grutas/691E_Whales+also+choose+Las+Grutas.html|title=Whales also choose Las Grutas - Las Grutas, Patagonia, Argentina.|website=www.patagonia.com.ar|access-date=21 March 2018}}</ref> They swim and rest very close to shore, and the San Matías Gulf is the only place in the world where swimming with this kind is commercially permitted.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rufford.org/rsg/projects/els_vermeulen|title=Els Vermeulen - The Rufford Small Grants for Nature Conservation|website=www.rufford.org|access-date=21 March 2018}}</ref>

==Villages==   {{cmn|colwidth=20em|rules=yes| *Arroyo de La Ventana *Barrio Chacra Monte *Barrio Puente 83 *Chipauquil *Clemente Onelli *Colan Conhue *Colonia Juliá y Echarren *Cubanea *El Caín *El Foyel *El Manso *La Lobería *Las Bayas *Mamuel Choique *Mencué *Mina Santa Teresita *Nahuel Niyeu *Naupa Huen *Paso Córdoba *Pilquiniyeu *Pilquiniyeu del Limay *Playas Doradas *Pozo Salado *Punta Colorada *Sierra Pailemán }}

==References== {{Reflist}}

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==External links== *{{Commons category-inline|Río Negro Province}} *{{Portal-inline|Argentina}} *{{in lang|es}}—[http://www.rionegro.gov.ar/ Official '''Río Negro Province''' website] *[http://www.guiafe.com.ar/fotos-argentina/categories.php?cat_id=17 Pictures of Río Negro Province] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120912050422/http://www.guiafe.com.ar/fotos-argentina/categories.php?cat_id=17 |date=2012-09-12 }}

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