CUTRAL
CO - PLAZA HUINCUL:
arisen amid the desert soon after the discovery of petroleum in
1918, there are two united cities that conform a single urban
nucleus.
Cutral
Co (33,400 inhabitants) it is by itself the second city of the
Neuquén province, as long as Plaza Huincul (12,000 inhabitants)
it conserves the characteristics and facilities of petroleum center
that gave it having been central headquarters of YPF (‘Yacimientos
Petrolíferos Fiscales’), the state petroleum company
privatized today. Plaza Huincul has the only distillery of the
province.
They
are located about 100 kilometers to the west of Neuquen, on the
national route #22 that it continues toward Zapala and the mountain
range area. There is a Museum in Plaza Huincul with dinosaurs
remains. The biggest herbivore dinosaur was found in this area.
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