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NEUQUEN , an inland territory of See also:

ARGENTINA

Argentina on the Chilean frontier, between the See also:

COLORADO

Colorado and Limay See also:

rivers, with the See also:

province of See also:

Mendoza on the N. and the territory of Rio See also:

NEGRO (from Lat. eager, black)

Negro on the E. and S. See also:

AREA

Area, 42,345 sq. m. Pop. (1895) 14,517; (1904, estimate) 18,022. The greater See also:

PART

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. See also:

Long drouths prevail in this , region and there is no inducement for See also:

settlement, the nomadic See also:

INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN

Indians visiting it only on their See also:

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)

hunting expeditions. Guanacos and See also:

ARGENTINE

Argentine See also:

HARES

hares are found in abundance in Neuquen, and to a lesser degree the See also:

South See also:

AMERICAN

American See also:

OSTRICH

ostrich. The Neuquen, which unites with the Limay near the 68th See also:

meridian to See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form the Rio Negro, is the See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

RIVER

river of the territory. The largest of a See also:

GROUP

group of beautiful lakes in the higher Andean valleys is the celebrated Nahuel-Huapi (See also:

Lion Grass), which is nearly 5o m. long from E. to W. and about 20 M. from N. to S. at its widest part, and which lies partly in the S.W. See also:

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

angle of the territory, partly in Rio Negro, and partly in the See also:

REPUBLIC (Lat. respublica, a commonweal or common-wealth)

republic of See also:

CHILE, or CHILI (derived, it is said, from the Quichua chin , cold, or tchili, snow)

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 See also:

COLD (in O. Eng. cald and ceald, a word coming ultimately from a root cognate with the Lat. gelu, gelidus, and common in the Teutonic languages, which usually have two distinct forms for the substantive and the adjective, cf. Ger. Kolte, kalt, Dutch koude

cold even in summer, but on the See also:

LOWER

lower plains it is hot in summer, and only moderately cold in See also:

winter.

The principal See also:

INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry is the raising of stock for the Chilean markets, as there is little cultivation. Cereals, See also:

FORAGE

forage crops, vegetables and fruits of the cold temperate See also:

ZONE (Gr. 'WV77, a girdle, from 'wvvLvay to gird)

zone can be produced easily, but distance from markets and lack of transport have restricted their See also:

PRODUCTION (Lat. productionem, from producere, to pro-duce)

production to See also:

LOCAL

local needs. The territory is reached by a See also:

LIGHT

light-draft river steamer which ascends the Rio Negro to Fort Roca at the confluence of the Limay and Neuquen, and by a See also:

BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the See also:

GREAT

Great See also:

SOUTHERN

Southern railway from See also:

BAHIA

Bahia Blanca to the same point. The See also:

POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population is concentrated in a few small towns on the rivers and in some colonies, established by the See also:

NATIONAL

national See also:

government to check Chilean invasions, in the fertile districts of the See also:

ANDES

Andes. A See also:

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

majority of the population, however, is of Chilean origin. The See also:

capital is Chos Alalal, a small See also:

TOWN

town on the upper Neuquen, in the mountainous See also:

DISTRICT

district in the See also:

NORTHERN

northern part of the territory.

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