Villa El Chocón

Villa El Chocón
Municipality and village
Villa El Chocón Location within Neuquén Province Villa El Chocón Location within Argentina
Coordinates: 39°14′S 68°45′W
Country	Argentina
Province	Neuquén Province
Time zone	UTC−3 (ART)
Climate	BWk

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Villa El Chocón Cerros Colorados is a village and municipality in Neuquén Province in southwestern Argentina.

Villa El Chocón

Sign at the entrance of Villa el Chocón

The village was initially created to house the workmen building the Ezequiel Ramos Mexía dam (colloquially known as El Chocón Dam) on the Limay River. The dam is now completed and is the site of one of the main hydroelectric power plants in Argentina.

Located in Villa El Chocón Cerros Colorados is the Ernesto Bachmann Paleontological Museum, which exhibits several fossil remains found nearby, notably those of Giganotosaurus. Also, near Villa El Chocón, were found several groups of fossil dinosaur footprints .