page_title: Río Negro Province
section_title: Economy
hierarchical_section_title: Río Negro Province / Economy
caption_attribution_description: English: Llao Llao hotel, Bariloche, Argentina Español: Hotel Llao Llao, Bariloche, Argentina
context_page_description: 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, and its largest city is Bariloche. Other important cities include General Roca and Cipolletti.
context_section_description: 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 billon Pesos (about US$7.939 billion) at current market prices.
  There is a gold mine located at Calcatreu, near Ingeniero Jacobacci, that is 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 in December 2011 the provincial government repealed a law banning the use of cyanide in mineral processing, and the mine's owners regarded this as a positive development which is likely to bring increased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.
caption: Hotel Llao Llao, on Lake Nahuel Huapi. Tourism adds at least 10% to Rio Negro's economy.
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