Zapala is a city in the Patagonic province of Neuquén, Argentina. It has about 32,000 inhabitants as of the ‍2001 census [INDEC]. Jump to: navigation, search This is a list of cities in Argentina. ... Argentina consists of 23 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia), and 1 federal district (Capital Federal *). Capital Federal * Buenos Aires Catamarca Chaco Chubut Córdoba Corrientes Entre Ríos Formosa Jujuy La Pampa La Rioja Mendoza Misiones Neuquén Río Negro Salta San Juan San Luis Santa Cruz Santa Fe Santiago... Map of Argentina highlighting the province Neuquén is a province of Argentina, located in the west of the country. ... Departments (Spanish: departamentos) form the second level of administrative division in the provinces of Argentina. ... A demonym or gentilic is a word that denotes the members of a people or the inhabitants of a place. ... Elevation has several related meanings: Geography The elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or possibly some other fixed point). ... The metre, or meter (symbol: m) is the SI base unit of length. ... The term above mean sea level (AMSL) refers to the elevation (on the ground) or altitude (in the air) of any object, relative to the average sea level. ... The Argentine postal code is a system that assigns at least an unique alphanumeric postal codes to each municipality. ... ISO 3166-2:AR is an ISO standard which defines geocodes: it is the subset of ISO 3166-2 which applies to Argentina. ... A telephone numbering plan is a system that allows subscribers to make and receive telephone calls across long distances. ... Major changes were made to the telephone numbering plan of Argentina in 1999. ... A mayor (from the Latin maÄ«or, meaning larger,greater) is the politician who serves as chief executive official of some types of municipalities. ... The Elections and Parties Series Democracy Representative democracy History of democracy Referenda Liberal democracy Representation Voting Voting systems Ideology Elections Elections by country Elections by calendar Electoral systems Politics Politics by country Political campaigns Political science Political philosophy Related topics Political parties Parties by country Parties by name Parties by... Patagonia is that portion of South America which, to the east of the Andes, lies south of the Neuquén and Río Colorado rivers, and, to the west of the Andes, south of (42°S). ... Argentina consists of 23 provinces (provincias, singular - provincia), and 1 federal district (Capital Federal *). Capital Federal * Buenos Aires Catamarca Chaco Chubut Córdoba Corrientes Entre Ríos Formosa Jujuy La Pampa La Rioja Mendoza Misiones Neuquén Río Negro Salta San Juan San Luis Santa Cruz Santa Fe Santiago... Map of Argentina highlighting the province Neuquén is a province of Argentina, located in the west of the country. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). ... National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (Spanish Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos, INDEC) is the Argentine state institution responsible for the recolection and processing of census and statistical data, created in 1968. ...

The city is located in the geographic center of the province and on the confluence of national and provincial roads, which makes it a forced passageway to the Andes and Chile. The city has an important cement factory. Jump to: navigation, search This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... In the general sense, a cement (Latin caementum) is any material with adhesive properties. ...

Zapala is near the Laguna Blanca National Park and a ski resort. The region (known as Pehuenia, and comprising Zapala, the nearby town of Aluminé and others) is a steppe, with small araucaria forests. Jump to: navigation, search A twin-tip shaped downhill ski. ... A steppe in Western Kazakhstan in early spring In physical geography, a steppe (from Russian step) is a plain without trees (apart from those near rivers and lakes); it is similar to a prairie, although a prairie is generally reckoned as being dominated by tall grasses, while short grasses are... Species See text Araucaria is a genus of coniferous trees in the family Araucariaceae. ...

Zapala was founded on 12 July 1913 as a train station for the Ferrocarril del Sud (now Ferrocarril General Roca). At present the city is split in two by the railways; on one side there is a commercial district with old buildings, and on the other a modern residential area. Jump to: navigation, search July 12 is the 193rd day (194th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 172 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1913 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... There are various types of trains designed for particular purposes, see rail transport operations. ...

Reference

• Información de Municipios - Information about municipalities. Federal Institute of Municipal Affairs (IFAM), Secretariat of Municipal Affairs, Ministry of Interior of the Argentine Republic.
• Patagonia.com.ar - Portal of the Argentine Patagonia.