Overview
area 94078 square kilometers
Population 560726
Registered voters 262945 (70% national 1.15%)
Provincial NEUQUEN (Population 183426)
Other important cities Zapala, San Martin de Los and Junin de Los Andes
Governor Haolch Soisch (Jorge Sobisch)
Gross national product accounts for 0.89% of the national proportion of 0.89%
debt 2.387 billion pico
Unemployment rate 17.7%
Education University Universidad Nacional Del Comahue, Universidad Tecnology, etc.
literacy rate 94%
Resource status
Resources and industrial hydropower, natural gas, oil is its main resources. Animal husbandry, irrigation agriculture, tourism and forestry are the main source of income. Natural gas production accounts for half of the country, and the oil production is nine (April to September). There are five large hydropower stations, a geothermal power station and several thermal power plants with natural gas fuel. The province has self-sufficient, and meets more than half of the multivariate demand. Copper, gold, potassium and soap soap reserves are rich. There are six industrial parks.
Main export products Mineral fuel, fruit, juice, heavy water, wool and tiles. The 1999 export is $ 727 million.
Geographical climate
Terrain and climate west high mountain, central plateau, eastern part of the grassland. In addition to the cold and wet in the southwest, the remaining regions have a cold continental climate, and there is a temperature and dry season. The highest temperature is 20 ° C (summer), the lowest temperature is 4 ° C (winter).
Natural scenery
Tourist attractions consisting of Nahuel Huapi, Lanin and Arrayanes Park (fishing, hunting, horse riding, mountaineering, ski); Copahue (hot springs); Caviahue and Chos Mala (Ski, Adventure Tour, Fishing)
Lanin Alpine
China Satellite Station
February 25, 2015, Argentine Parliament officially passed China Establish a resolution of satellite tracking and control stations in the southern Argentina in Patagonia. This satellite station will be selected from the south of Argentina, covering an area of 200 hectares, expects $ 300 million, may start implementation in 2016, will become China's first space exploration project located outside the overseas space exploration project. The antenna of the satellite station has a diameter of up to 35 meters will help collect and download various detected data, and the technicians of satellite stations will also be provided by China.
Argentina has revealed that the Argentine government can obtain 10% of the satellite antenna, that is, the right to conduct its own research projects within the available time of the satellite antenna.
The previous British "Jane Defense Week" has also reported that this satellite station will provide a vital southern hemisphere node for China's global ground tracking and control to help China's management is increasingly expanding. Satellite network, manned space station and realization plan. Buenos Aires can also obtain favorable strategic information from a powerful reconnaissance satellite group in China.