Piedra del Águila is a second category Municipality

Municipality

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 and the capital city of Collón Curá Department

Collón Curá Department

Collón Curá is a department located in the southeast of Neuquén Province, Argentina.-Geography:The Department limits with Catán Lil Department at north , Picún Leufú Department at northeast, Rio Negro Province at east and southeast, Lácar Department at southwest and Huiliches Department at northwest....

, 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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Geography

Piedra del aguila is located 211 km from 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....

, the capital city of the province. The town is located near the Limay River

Limay River

The Limay River is an important river in the northwestern Argentine Patagonia . It is born at the eastern end of the Nahuel Huapi Lake and flows in a meandering path for about 380 km, collecting the waters of several tributaries, such as the Traful, the Pichileufú and the Collón Curá. It then meets...

, in a chain of hills preceded by a mesa area

Mesa

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 and a small Mountain range

Mountain range

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 with lakes and stone formations. The vegetation is characterized by small bushes

Shrub

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, mostly Juncus

Juncus

Juncus is a genus in the plant family Juncaceae. It consists of some 200 to 300 or more species of grassy plants commonly called rushes...

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Tourism

The major touristic attraction in Piedra del Aguila is the Fishing

Fishing

Fishing is the activity of trying to catch wild fish. Fish are normally caught in the wild. Techniques for catching fish include hand gathering, spearing, netting, angling and trapping....

 in the Limay River, in this track of the river the most common species of Fish

Fish

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 are the Brown trout

Brown trout

The brown trout and the sea trout are fish of the same species....

, the Perch

Perch

Perch is a common name for fish of the genus Perca, freshwater gamefish belonging to the family Percidae. The perch, of which there are three species in different geographical areas, lend their name to a large order of vertebrates: the Perciformes, from the Greek perke meaning spotted, and the...

 and the Rainbow trout

Rainbow trout

The rainbow trout is a species of salmonid native to tributaries of the Pacific Ocean in Asia and North America. The steelhead is a sea run rainbow trout usually returning to freshwater to spawn after 2 to 3 years at sea. In other words, rainbow trout and steelhead trout are the same species....

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Power Sources

Due to the powerful stream of the Limay river in the zone there are two important electricity dams in the area, the Pichi Picún Leufú Dam

Pichi Picún Leufú Dam

The Pichi Picún Leufú Dam is the third of five dams on the Limay River in northwestern Argentine Patagonia , near the town of Piedra del Águila, Neuquén, at ....

 and the Piedra del Águila Dam

Piedra del Águila Dam

The Piedra del Águila Dam is the second of five dams on the Limay River in northwestern Argentine Patagonia and 590 m above mean sea level, downstream from the confluence of the Limay and the Collón Curá River...

 both provide some towns in the province including Piedra del Águila and some towns in Rio Negro Province

Río Negro Province

Río Negro is a province of Argentina, located at the northern edge of Patagonia. Neighboring provinces are from the south clockwise Chubut, Neuquén, Mendoza, La Pampa and Buenos Aires. To the east lies the Atlantic Ocean.Its capital is Viedma...

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Culture

The town was named Piedra del Águila due that in the zone eagles

Eagle

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 use to establish nest

Nest

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