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9 unusual facts about Neuquen


2007 Pan American Mountain Bike Championships

The 2007 Pan American Mountain Bike Continental Championships were held from March 8 to March 11, 2007 in Neuquén, Argentina.

Agustín Roberto Radrizzani

On May 14, 1991, he was appointed Bishop of Neuquén by Pope John Paul II.

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Alto Valle thermal power plant

The Alto Valle Thermal Central is a thermal power station located in the city of Neuquén, Argentina (northwestern Patagonia, Comahue region).

Brukman factory

On April 19 the workers of the Zanon ceramics factory (also a recovered factory), in Neuquén, together with local activists, blocked Route 22 to protest in solidarity with the Brukman workers.

El Chocón Dam

The Hydroelectric Complex which holds El Chocón and Arroyito Hydroelectric Power Plants, is located in the region known as Comahue, which is formed by the Argentine provinces of Río Negro and Neuquén and the southern area of the Buenos Aires and La Pampa provinces.

Ghosts in Spanish-speaking cultures

In a dwelling in Neuquén in the Patagonia region of Argentina, there are sudden strange fires that the fire department is unable to explain, and in which some have seen ghost appearances.

Patagopteryx

Located in strata of the Santonian Bajo de la Carpa Formation, the original remains were discovered by Oscar de Ferrariis, Director of the Natural History Museum of the Comahue National University in Neuquén around 1984-5.

Rhodophiala

Rhodophiala andicola (Poepp.) Traub – distributed Chile to Argentina (Neuquén)


Aguerre

Paso Aguerre, village and municipality in Neuquén Province, Argentina

Amargasuchus

Sauropod, abelisauroid, and stegosaurian dinosaurs have also been found existing in the Neuquén basin at this time.

Confluencia Department

In the department there are important museums located in the capital city, Neuquén, and an important paleontologic museum located in Villa el Chocón managed by Ruben Carolini, who discovered one of the most important pieces in exhibition at the museum, the Giganotosaurus carolinii in 1995.

Elías Sapag

They arrived in Zapala, Neuquén, where his grandfather had already set up home, and moved on to Zapala.

Esteban María Laxague

He was ordained Priest on May 10, 1982 after which he stayed in Neuquén and Bahía Blanca becoming Director of School "La Piedad", belonging to the Order of the Salesians until 1990 when he was appointed Director of Colegio Don Bosco in the same city of Bahía Blanca.

Guido Abayián

Guido Ezequiel Abayián (born 24 June 1989 in Neuquén) is an Argentine footballer who plays for Bella Vista of the Uruguayan Primera División as a striker.

Jorge Sapag

Born in Zapala, Neuquén Province, Jorge Sapag is a member of a prominent family in the politics of Neuquén Province.

Joseph D. Novak

He has received a number of awards and honors including a 1998 Honorary Doctorate from The University of Comahue, Neuquén, Argentina, Honorary Doctorate, Public University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain, 2002, Honorary Doctorate from the University of Urbino in 2006, and the first award for contributions to science education from the Council of Scientific Society Presidents.

LAN Argentina

It is an affiliate of LAN Airlines and operates scheduled domestic services from Buenos Aires to Bariloche, Córdoba, Comodoro Rivadavia, El Calafate, Mendoza, Puerto Iguazú, Neuquén, Río Gallegos, Salta, San Juan, Tucumán and Ushuaia, and international services to Lima, Miami, Punta Cana, Santiago and Sao Paulo.

Ryszard Białous

Ryszard Białous codename: Jerzy (b. 4 April 1914 in Warsaw - 24 March 1992 in Neuquen, Argentina) was a Polish scoutmaster (harcmistrz) captain of the AK-Szare Szeregi.


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