(Choele Choel) Bariloche Department (San Carlos de Bariloche) Conesa Department (General Conesa) El Cuy Department (El Cuy) General Roca Department (General Roca) 9 de Julio Department (Sierra Colorada) Ñorquinco Department (Ñorquincó) Pichi Mahuida Department (Río Colorado) Pilcaniyeu Department (Pilcaniyeu) San Antonio Department (San Antonio Oeste) Valcheta Department (Valcheta) 25 de Mayo Department (Maquinchao) Source for department names: Economy Argentina's ninth-largest, Rio Negro's economy is a diversified service-based one with vigorous agricultural and light manufacturing sectors. Its 2006 output was an estimated US$5.420 billion, or a per capita income of US$9,805. In 2013, its output increased to $43.349 billion Pesos (about US$7.939 billion) at current market prices. There is a gold mine located at Calcatreu, near Ingeniero Jacobacci, owned by Pan American Silver. in December 2011 the provincial government repealed a law banning the use of cyanide in mineral processing, and the mine's owners regarded this as a positive development which is likely to bring increased investment. Tourism There are two main areas of tourism in the province; the Andes and the Atlantic coast. The Andean Area The most visited area is that of the lake district near San Carlos de Bariloche inside the Nahuel Huapi National Park, and neighbouring Neuquén Province. This includes the Isla Victoria, Camino de los Siete Lagos, Los Arrayanes National Park, and many trekking paths among lakes. The Atlantic Coast Returns of southern right whales are possibly the biggest of tourism attractions. They swim and rest very close to shore, and the San Matías Gulf is the only place in the world where swimming with this kind is commercially permitted. Villages References Notes External links —Official Río Negro Province website Pictures of Río Negro Province Provinces of Argentina Patagonia Wine regions of Argentina States and territories established in 1957 1957 establishments in Argentina