El Huecú [SEP] located in the administrative territorial entity
El Huecú
El Huecú is a third category municipality and capital of the Ñorquín Department, on the Provincial Road 4, in the north of the Argentine province Neuquén.
It was founded in 1940. Because of the importance of the goat breeding on its economy, it annually hosts the Festival of the Shepherd.
History.
The former city of Ñorquín was initially the capital of the department and had a population of more than one thousand inhabitants. The first municipal election took place in 1886. Its population gradually moved
to El Huecú due that the previous capital was located on private property.
The establishment of El Huecú was authorized on September 2, 1938 by the national decree 11392. In 1940, the Argentine Executive Power designated El Huecú as the new department capital, but it was officially founded on February 1, 1940. The municipality was built in 1973 and it received its third-category status, which still holds, on 11 November 1976.
El Huecú is one of the northern Neuquen's municipalities that has a participative budget