Chos Malal from Mapudungun

Mapudungun

The Mapuche language, Mapudungun is a language isolate spoken in south-central Chile and west central Argentina by the Mapuche people. It is also spelled Mapuzugun and sometimes called Mapudungu or Araucanian...

 (English

English language

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:Yellow Pen

Pen (enclosure)

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) is the capital city of the Chos Malal Department

Chos Malal Department

-Geography:The Department limits with Chile at the North, Mendoza Province at the nordeast, Pehuenches Department at southeast, Ñorquín Department at southwest and Minas Department at west....

 located in Neuquén Province

Neuquén Province

Neuquén is a 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...

, Argentina

Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

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History

Chos Malal was established on August 4, 1887 by the coronel José Olascoaga, the city was the capital of Territorio del Neuquén

Neuquén Province

Neuquén is a 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...

 until 1904 when the capital and administrative buildings were moved to Neuquén

Neuquén, Argentina

-Sister cities:Neuquén is sister city, as designated by Sister Cities International with: Knoxville, Tennessee, United States Treviso, Veneto, Italy Valdivia, Chile-External links: - Official website....

 capital city of the Confluencia Department

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 Negro and Limay.-Geography:...

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Chos Malal was established as a control point for the route of Animal husbandry

Animal husbandry

Animal husbandry is the agricultural practice of breeding and raising livestock.- History :Animal husbandry has been practiced for thousands of years, since the first domestication of animals....

 and avoid Cattle raiding

Cattle raiding

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When the Rail transport

Rail transport

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 arrived to Neuquén Province the economy of the province helped the city of Neuquén to grow very fast and soon it was the provincial capital.

Geography

Chos Malal is located between the Neuquén River

Neuquén River

The Neuquén River is the second most important river of the province of Neuquén in the Argentine Patagonia, after the Limay River.The river is born at the northwest of the province at an altitude of 2,300 metres, to be feed by a number of streams through valleys of the lower Andes while advancing...

 and Curi Leuvú river in the Cordillera del Viento.
The Chos Malal is surrounded by conifer

Pinophyta

The conifers, division Pinophyta, also known as division Coniferophyta or Coniferae, are one of 13 or 14 division level taxa within the Kingdom Plantae. Pinophytes are gymnosperms. They are cone-bearing seed plants with vascular tissue; all extant conifers are woody plants, the great majority being...

 forests mostly Araucaria

Araucaria

Araucaria is a genus of evergreen coniferous trees in the family Araucariaceae. There are 19 extant species in the genus, with a highly disjunct distribution in New Caledonia , Norfolk Island, eastern Australia, New Guinea, Argentina, Chile, and southern Brazil.-Description:Araucaria are mainly...

 trees.

Climate

Chos Malal has a continental climate, with cold winters and hot summers; during the winter there are regular snow storms

Winter storm

A winter storm is an event in which the dominant varieties of precipitation are formed that only occur at low temperatures, such as snow or sleet, or a rainstorm where ground temperatures are low enough to allow ice to form...

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Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Regular Temperature °C	21.3	20.2	17.0	12.6	9.5	6.5	6.0	7.2	9.9	13.5	17.2	20.2	13.4
Source: Worldclimate

Culture

The Jose Olascoaga historical museum located in the city has exhibits of many historical pieces of the Conquest of the Desert

Conquest of the Desert

The Conquest of the Desert was a military campaign directed mainly by General Julio Argentino Roca in the 1870s, which established Argentine dominance over Patagonia, which was inhabited by indigenous peoples...

 such as documents, soldier's equipment and Mapuche

Mapuche

The Mapuche are a group of indigenous inhabitants of south-central Chile and southwestern Argentina. They constitute a wide-ranging ethnicity composed of various groups who shared a common social, religious and economic structure, as well as a common linguistic heritage. Their influence extended...

objects.