Añelo is a department located in the east of

Neuquén Province Neuquén () is a Provinces of Argentina, province of Argentina, located in the west of the country, at the northern end of Patagonia. It borders Mendoza Province to the north, Rio Negro Province to the southeast, and Chile to the west. It also me ...

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Geography

The Department is bounded by

Pehuenches Department Pehuenches is a department located in the northeast of Neuquén Province, Argentina. Geography The department limits at north with Mendoza province, at northeast with La Pampa Province and at east with Rio Negro Province, Añelo Department at sout ...

in the north,

Rio Negro Province Rio or Río is the Portuguese and Spanish word for "river". The word also exists in Italian, but is largely obsolete and used in a poetical or literary context to mean "stream". Rio, RIO or Río may also refer to: Places United States * Rio, Fl ...

to the east,

Confluencia Department Confluencia is a department located in the east of Neuquén Province in Argentina. Neuquén, the capital city of the province, is located in this department. The department is named ''Confluencia'' after the confluence of the rivers Neuquén and L ...

on the southeast,

Zapala Department Zapala is a department located in the center of Neuquén Province, Argentina. Geography The Department limits with Confluencia Department at the East, Añelo Department at the northeast, Picún Leufú Department at southeast, Catán Lil Departmen ...

to the South-southeast,

Picunches Department Pehuenches is a department located in the west of Neuquén Province, Argentina. Geography The Department is surrounded by Loncopué Department in the north, Confluencia Department in the northeast, Zapala Department in the southwest, Catán Li ...

at southwest and

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. Ge ...

on the west.

Economy

The major product of the area is

grape A grape is a fruit, botanically a berry, of the deciduous woody vines of the flowering plant genus ''Vitis''. Grapes are a non- climacteric type of fruit, generally occurring in clusters. The cultivation of grapes began approximately 8,0 ...

s mostly used for wine-making.

Culture

The ''Museo del Sitio'' is located in this department, a

Mapuche The Mapuche ( , ) also known as Araucanians are a group of Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Indigenous inhabitants of south-central Chile and southwestern Argentina, including parts of Patagonia. The collective term refers to a wide-ranging e ...

museum featuring cultural life and a graveyard.

References

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