Zapala

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title: "Zapala" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["populated-places-established-in-1913", "1913-establishments-in-argentina", "cities-in-neuquén-province"] topic_path: "geography" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zapala" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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nameZapala
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settlement_typeCity
image_skylineBarrio_582_viviendas_en_Zapala.JPG
image_captionZapala
pushpin_mapArgentina Neuquén Province#Argentina
coordinates
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameArgentina
subdivision_type1Province
subdivision_name1Neuquén
subdivision_type2Department
subdivision_name2Zapala
established_titleFounded
established_dateJuly 12, 1913
leader_titleIntendant
leader_nameCarlos Koopmann
unit_prefMetric
area_total_km2452
elevation_m1,012
population_total32,097
population_as_of2010 census
population_density_km2auto
timezone1ART
utc_offset1−3
postal_code_typeCPA base
postal_codeQ8340
area_code_typeDialing code
area_code+54 2942
blank_nameClimate
blank_infoBSk
websiteOfficial website
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| name = Zapala | native_name = | native_name_lang = es | settlement_type = City | image_skyline = Barrio_582_viviendas_en_Zapala.JPG | image_alt = | image_caption = Zapala | image_shield = | shield_alt = | nickname = | motto = | image_map = | map_alt = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = Argentina Neuquén Province#Argentina | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = | coordinates = | coor_pinpoint = | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Argentina | subdivision_type1 = Province | subdivision_name1 = Neuquén | subdivision_type2 = Department | subdivision_name2 = Zapala | established_title = Founded | established_date = July 12, 1913 | founder = | government_footnotes = | leader_title = Intendant | leader_name = Carlos Koopmann | unit_pref = Metric | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 452 | area_note = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 1,012 | population_footnotes = | population_total = 32,097 | population_as_of = 2010 census | population_density_km2 = auto | population_demonym = | population_note = | timezone1 = ART | utc_offset1 = −3 | postal_code_type = CPA base | postal_code = Q8340 | area_code_type = Dialing code | area_code = +54 2942 | blank_name = Climate | blank_info = BSk | website = Official website | footnotes = Zapala is a city and touristic destination in the Patagonian province of Neuquén, Argentina with about 32,000 inhabitants according to the .

The city is located at the geographic center of the province at the confluence of national and provincial roads, on a route to the Andes and Chile. The city hosts a Loma Negra cement plant.

Zapala is near the Laguna Blanca National Park and a ski resort and is situated in a steppe region, known as Pehuenia, which has small Araucaria forests and includes the nearby town of Aluminé and other towns.

History

Zapala was founded on 12 July 1913, and turned into a municipality in 1948. It was (and still is) located around a railway station built by the Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway, a British-owned company taken over by the Ferrocarril General Roca after railway nationalisation in 1948 and, since railway privatisation in 1993, in the hands of Ferrosur Roca. 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.

The station is a terminus at the end of the line from Bahía Blanca and Neuquén which was meant to continue across the Andes mountains into Chile. Construction was abandoned in the 1920s although resumption of construction was proposed in 2006.

In 1918 Zapala was the starting point of the first flight by an airplane across the Andes, when Luis Candelaria flew to Cunco, Chile, on April 13. It is served by Zapala Airport.

Geography

Climate

The climate of Zapala is cold semi-arid (BSk, according tho the Köppen climate classification), bordering on a cool-summer Mediterranean climate (Csb). Winters are cold. The climate is also very windy during most of the year; Winds of 160 km/h have been registered. It may also snow an average of 30 – 40 cm every year. It is very dry, with about 369 mm of rain yearly. Summers can have high temperatures, up to 35 °C, with sunny and stable days and cool nights.

|location = Zapala (modelled data) |metric first = yes |single line = yes |Jan high C = 26.8 |Feb high C = 25.6 |Mar high C = 21.9 |Apr high C = 16.3 |May high C = 11.1 |Jun high C = 7.3 |Jul high C = 6.6 |Aug high C = 8.7 |Sep high C = 12.0 |Oct high C = 16.0 |Nov high C = 20.8 |Dec high C = 24.5 |year high C = |Jan mean C = 18.9 |Feb mean C = 18.0 |Mar mean C = 14.6 |Apr mean C = 10.0 |May mean C = 6.0 |Jun mean C = 2.8 |Jul mean C = 1.8 |Aug mean C = 3.4 |Sep mean C = 5.9 |Oct mean C = 9.4 |Nov mean C = 13.5 |Dec mean C = 16.8 |year mean C = |Jan low C = 10.8 |Feb low C = 10.5 |Mar low C = 7.8 |Apr low C = 4.6 |May low C = 2.0 |Jun low C = -0.5 |Jul low C = -1.9 |Aug low C = -0.7 |Sep low C = 0.7 |Oct low C = 3.4 |Nov low C = 6.3 |Dec low C = 9.1 |year low C = |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 12 |Feb precipitation mm = 17 |Mar precipitation mm = 23 |Apr precipitation mm = 33 |May precipitation mm = 47 |Jun precipitation mm = 62 |Jul precipitation mm = 42 |Aug precipitation mm = 37 |Sep precipitation mm = 29 |Oct precipitation mm = 33 |Nov precipitation mm = 20 |Dec precipitation mm = 14 |year precipitation mm = |source 1 = Climate-Data.org{{cite web |url=https://en.climate-data.org/south-america/argentina/neuquen/zapala-19792/ |title=Climate-Data.org |access-date=2021-05-16}} |date=16 May 2021

References

References

  1. "Loma Negra cement".
  2. Luis Casabal. (13 April 1998). "A 80 años del primer cruce aéreo de los Andes". Diario La Nación.
  3. "Zapala climate".

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