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'''Las Coloradas''' is a third category municipality and capital city of the [[Catán Lil Department]], located in [[Neuquén Province]], Argentina.
'''Las Coloradas''' is a third category municipality of the [[Catán Lil Department]] in the south-east of the Province of [[Neuquén Province|Neuquén]], Argentina. It is the only municipality in the Department, hence serving as its administration seat. Connected to the rest of the Province only through Provincial Road 24, away from bigger urban centers, it is characterized by a state of relative isolation.


The economy is based on livestock farming with some commercial activity in the urbanized area. Educational institutions up to high school and some job qualification centers oriented to the Province's interior labor market are available. Health care is provided by Doctor Carlos Potente Hospital.
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== Mapuche Settlement==
There are located several Mapuche communities in the area such as Coyupan, Aluminé and the Loncolúan community; the 60%. In Las Coloradas, the 50% of children never attended to a school.


The [[Mapuche]] population is represented in town as well as in its area of influence with some communities settled there.
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== References ==
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== History ==
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In its beginnings in the early 20th century, Las Coloradas was a settlement within the homonymous livestock establishment, where the magistrate's court and the police station worked. It was officially founded and declared the administration seat of the [[Catán Lil Department]] on 26th October of 1926.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.neuqueninforma.gob.ar/las-coloradas-festeja-su-88o-aniversario/|title=Las Coloradas festeja su 88° aniversario|date=October 27, 2014|access-date=August 4, 2021|work=Neuquén Informa|language=es}}</ref>


There are different versions regarding the town's name ''Las Coloradas'' ("The Red Ones"). One of them states that it was named after the red color of [[Hereford cattle]] that was imported into the area when the livestock establishment opened.<ref name=Infor2/>


== Geography ==
Las Coloradas is the only municipality in the Catan Lil Department in the south-east of the Province of [[Neuquén Province|Neuquén]]. It lies on Provincial Road 24, which intersects with [[National Route 40 (Argentina)|National Route 40]], connecting it with [[Zapala]] to the north and [[Junín de los Andes]] to the south. Due to the poor road conditions of Provincial Road 24 and its remote location away from urban centers, the region experiences a relative isolation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://argentour.com/mapas/las-coloradas/|title=Mapa de Las Coloradas|access-date=August 5, 2021|work=Argentour.com|language=es}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.legislaturaneuquen.gob.ar/VerNoticiaNueva.aspx?notiID=9634|title=Obra de asfalto para la ruta provincial 24|date=|access-date=August 17, 2021|work=Neuquén Province Legislature's official site|language=es}}</ref>


The town is sorrounded by mountains and the Catán Lil River flows next to it.<ref name=rio>{{cite news|url=https://www.rionegro.com.ar/articulo-EGRN_864257/|title=Las Coloradas, un paraíso perdido|date=April 29, 2012|access-date=August 5, 2021|work=Río Negro|language=es}}</ref> The ''Garganta del Diablo'' ("The Devil's Throat"), an over 150 meter-long [[canyon]] through which the Catán Lil River flows, is one of the area's main tourist attractions.<ref name=Infor2>{{cite news|url=https://www.neuqueninforma.gob.ar/las-coloradas-festeja-manana-su-87o-aniversario/|title=Las Coloradas festeja su 87° aniversario|date=October 31, 2013|access-date=August 9, 2021|work=Neuquén Informa|language=es}}</ref>
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==Demographics==
In 2016, the town had a total of 1.776 residents.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.saludneuquen.gob.ar/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/Indicadores-Salud-2017.pdf|title=Información Estadística y Epidemiológica. Neuquén 2016|year=2016|access-date=August 5, 2021|work=Argentour.com|language=es}}</ref> Previously, official national censuses showed a total of 294 (1980), 651 (1991) and 833 (2001) inhabitants, respectively.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www3.neuquen.gov.ar/dgecyd/Publicaciones/InfMunBasica/Basica20062007/Muni2006%20pdf/Poblacion%20por%20censo%20Munic/Poblacion%20Censos.pdf|title=Población total por censo y tasa media anual de crecimiento según municipio y categoría del mismo. Censos 1970, 1980, 1991 y 2001|access-date=August 5, 2021|year=2006|work=Neuquén province's Official Website|publisher=Government of the Province of Neuquén|language=es}}</ref>

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=== Mapuche Settlements===
There are some [[Mapuche]] communities in the rural areas of the Catan Lil Department such as Namuncurá, Ram and Cayulef, all connected to the town through country roads.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://w2.neuquen.gov.ar/noticias/10336-la-comunidad-de-las-coloradas-festejo-un-nuevo-aniversario|title=La comunidad de Las Coloradas festejó un nuevo aniversario|date=December 3, 2019|access-date=August 10, 2021|work=Neuquén Province's official site|language=es}}</ref> The Hue Che Foundation works in the town, supporting native communities in the central part of the Province of Neuquén, focusing on social-educational aspects.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.legislaturaneuquen.gob.ar/VerNoticiaNueva.aspx?notiID=9634|title=Rolando Figueroa: "Neuquén crece desde el interior gracias al trabajo incansable de su gente"|date=November 8, 2018|access-date=August 10, 2021|work=Neuquén Province Legislature's official site|language=es}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://repositorio.flacsoandes.edu.ec/bitstream/10469/1370/1/TFLACSO-2008SCF.pdf|title=Prácticas sociales de mujeres en sectores populares. Barrios Hipódromo y Colonia Rural Nueva Esperanza Neuquén, 2002-2004|access-date=August 10, 2021|year=2007|work=Neuquén province's Official Website|publisher=Government of the Province of Neuquén|language=es}}</ref>

== Economy ==
The local economy is based on livestock farming. Within the municipality there is also commercial activity.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.diputados.gob.ar/proyectos/proyecto.jsp?exp=5644-D-2015|title=Proyecto de Declaración|access-date=August 5, 2021|year=2015|work=Argentine Chamber of Deputies' Official Website|language=es}}</ref> For years, the lack of companies in the area and the extremely low volume of production have created a context of high unemployment and low wages.<ref name=rio/>

== Education and Health Care ==
{{stack|[[Image:Rio Catan Lil provincia del neuquen argentina.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Catán Lil river near Las Coloradas]]}}
The education is provided from kindergarten to high school level with the public N°88 Elementary and CPEM N°75 high school.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://neuquendigitalnoticias.com.ar/contenido/2082/avanzan-las-obras-educativas-de-ampliacion-en-las-coloradas|title=Avanzan las obras educativas de ampliación en Las Coloradas|date=August 5, 2019|access-date=August 10, 2021|work=Neuquén Digital Noticias|language=es}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.neuqueninforma.gob.ar/se-ampliaran-dos-escuelas-de-las-coloradas/|title=Se ampliarán dos escuelas de Las Coloradas|date=June 5, 2014|access-date=August 10, 2021|work=Neuquén Informa|language=es}}</ref> As of 2010, there were some schools in the rural areas, however the CPEM N°75 has been for years the only high school in the department, receiving students from the sorroundings.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.lmneuquen.com/una-sola-escuela-las-coloradas-n69416|title=Una sola escuela en Las Coloradas|date=June 20, 2010|access-date=August 16, 2021|work=Neuquén Digital Noticias|language=es}}</ref> The Hueche foundation offers them accomodation in the Provincial Shelter for education.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.saludneuquen.gob.ar/las-coloradas-esta-en-movimiento/|title=Las Coloradas está en movimiento|date=June 26, 2015|access-date=August 16, 2021|work=Neuquén Province's Health Ministry|language=es}}</ref>

Additionally, there is the Professional Formation Center N°24 "Hueche", offering a range of job qualifications oriented to the provincial labor market.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://catalogo.inet.edu.ar/institucion/referer:706/centro-de-formacion-profesional-n-24-hueche-3378|title=Centro de Formación Profesional (C.F.P.) N°24 "Hueche"|access-date=August 16, 2021|year=|work=Argentina's National Institute for Technological Education|language=es}}</ref> Since 1987, the Agricultural Education Center (C.E.A.) N°1 "Las Coloradas" supports the development of the rural economy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://catalogo.inet.edu.ar/institucion/referer:1769/centro-de-educacion-agricola-n-1-las-coloradas-3424|title=Centro de Educación Agricola (C.E.A.) N°1 "Las Coloradas"|access-date=August 16, 2021|year=|work=Argentina's National Institute for Technological Education|language=es}}</ref>

The Doctor Carlos Potente Hospital is located in the municipality and covers the IV Sanitary Zone within the Province's division areas for health care, with other minor centers located in the Department.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.saludneuquen.gob.ar/organizacion-sectorial/|title=Organización Sectorial|access-date=August 10, 2021|year=|work=Neuquén Province's Health Ministry|language=es}}</ref>

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== References ==
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Revision as of 19:12, 17 August 2021

Las Coloradas
Central Square
Central Square
Las Coloradas is located in Neuquén Province
Las Coloradas
Las Coloradas
Las Coloradas is located in Argentina
Las Coloradas
Las Coloradas
Coordinates: 39°32′S 70°34′W / 39.533°S 70.567°W / -39.533; -70.567
Country Argentina
ProvinceNeuquén Province
DepartmentCatán Lil Department
FoundedOctober 26, 1926
Government
 • MayorMilton Edgardo Díaz (MPN)
Elevation
974 m (3,196 ft)
Population
 (2001 census [INDEC])
 • Total833
CPA Base
Q 8341
Area code+54 0242
ClimateCsb
WebsiteLas Coloradas Municipality

Las Coloradas is a third category municipality of the Catán Lil Department in the south-east of the Province of Neuquén, Argentina. It is the only municipality in the Department, hence serving as its administration seat. Connected to the rest of the Province only through Provincial Road 24, away from bigger urban centers, it is characterized by a state of relative isolation.

The economy is based on livestock farming with some commercial activity in the urbanized area. Educational institutions up to high school and some job qualification centers oriented to the Province's interior labor market are available. Health care is provided by Doctor Carlos Potente Hospital.

The Mapuche population is represented in town as well as in its area of influence with some communities settled there.

History

In its beginnings in the early 20th century, Las Coloradas was a settlement within the homonymous livestock establishment, where the magistrate's court and the police station worked. It was officially founded and declared the administration seat of the Catán Lil Department on 26th October of 1926.[1]

There are different versions regarding the town's name Las Coloradas ("The Red Ones"). One of them states that it was named after the red color of Hereford cattle that was imported into the area when the livestock establishment opened.[2]

Geography

Las Coloradas is the only municipality in the Catan Lil Department in the south-east of the Province of Neuquén. It lies on Provincial Road 24, which intersects with National Route 40, connecting it with Zapala to the north and Junín de los Andes to the south. Due to the poor road conditions of Provincial Road 24 and its remote location away from urban centers, the region experiences a relative isolation.[3][4]

The town is sorrounded by mountains and the Catán Lil River flows next to it.[5] The Garganta del Diablo ("The Devil's Throat"), an over 150 meter-long canyon through which the Catán Lil River flows, is one of the area's main tourist attractions.[2]

Demographics

In 2016, the town had a total of 1.776 residents.[6] Previously, official national censuses showed a total of 294 (1980), 651 (1991) and 833 (2001) inhabitants, respectively.[7]

Mapuche Settlements

There are some Mapuche communities in the rural areas of the Catan Lil Department such as Namuncurá, Ram and Cayulef, all connected to the town through country roads.[8] The Hue Che Foundation works in the town, supporting native communities in the central part of the Province of Neuquén, focusing on social-educational aspects.[9][10]

Economy

The local economy is based on livestock farming. Within the municipality there is also commercial activity.[11] For years, the lack of companies in the area and the extremely low volume of production have created a context of high unemployment and low wages.[5]

Education and Health Care

Catán Lil river near Las Coloradas

The education is provided from kindergarten to high school level with the public N°88 Elementary and CPEM N°75 high school.[12][13] As of 2010, there were some schools in the rural areas, however the CPEM N°75 has been for years the only high school in the department, receiving students from the sorroundings.[14] The Hueche foundation offers them accomodation in the Provincial Shelter for education.[15]

Additionally, there is the Professional Formation Center N°24 "Hueche", offering a range of job qualifications oriented to the provincial labor market.[16] Since 1987, the Agricultural Education Center (C.E.A.) N°1 "Las Coloradas" supports the development of the rural economy.[17]

The Doctor Carlos Potente Hospital is located in the municipality and covers the IV Sanitary Zone within the Province's division areas for health care, with other minor centers located in the Department.[18]

References

  1. ^ "Las Coloradas festeja su 88° aniversario". Neuquén Informa (in Spanish). October 27, 2014. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Las Coloradas festeja su 87° aniversario". Neuquén Informa (in Spanish). October 31, 2013. Retrieved August 9, 2021.
  3. ^ "Mapa de Las Coloradas". Argentour.com (in Spanish). Retrieved August 5, 2021.
  4. ^ "Obra de asfalto para la ruta provincial 24". Neuquén Province Legislature's official site (in Spanish). Retrieved August 17, 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Las Coloradas, un paraíso perdido". Río Negro (in Spanish). April 29, 2012. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
  6. ^ "Información Estadística y Epidemiológica. Neuquén 2016" (PDF). Argentour.com (in Spanish). 2016. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
  7. ^ "Población total por censo y tasa media anual de crecimiento según municipio y categoría del mismo. Censos 1970, 1980, 1991 y 2001" (PDF). Neuquén province's Official Website (in Spanish). Government of the Province of Neuquén. 2006. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
  8. ^ "La comunidad de Las Coloradas festejó un nuevo aniversario". Neuquén Province's official site (in Spanish). December 3, 2019. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
  9. ^ "Rolando Figueroa: "Neuquén crece desde el interior gracias al trabajo incansable de su gente"". Neuquén Province Legislature's official site (in Spanish). November 8, 2018. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
  10. ^ "Prácticas sociales de mujeres en sectores populares. Barrios Hipódromo y Colonia Rural Nueva Esperanza Neuquén, 2002-2004" (PDF). Neuquén province's Official Website (in Spanish). Government of the Province of Neuquén. 2007. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
  11. ^ "Proyecto de Declaración". Argentine Chamber of Deputies' Official Website (in Spanish). 2015. Retrieved August 5, 2021.
  12. ^ "Avanzan las obras educativas de ampliación en Las Coloradas". Neuquén Digital Noticias (in Spanish). August 5, 2019. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
  13. ^ "Se ampliarán dos escuelas de Las Coloradas". Neuquén Informa (in Spanish). June 5, 2014. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
  14. ^ "Una sola escuela en Las Coloradas". Neuquén Digital Noticias (in Spanish). June 20, 2010. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
  15. ^ "Las Coloradas está en movimiento". Neuquén Province's Health Ministry (in Spanish). June 26, 2015. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
  16. ^ "Centro de Formación Profesional (C.F.P.) N°24 "Hueche"". Argentina's National Institute for Technological Education (in Spanish). Retrieved August 16, 2021.
  17. ^ "Centro de Educación Agricola (C.E.A.) N°1 "Las Coloradas"". Argentina's National Institute for Technological Education (in Spanish). Retrieved August 16, 2021.
  18. ^ "Organización Sectorial". Neuquén Province's Health Ministry (in Spanish). Retrieved August 10, 2021.
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