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Maquinchao
Town
Plaza Sarmiento, Maquinchao
Maquinchao Location of Maquinchao in Argentina
Coordinates:41°15′S68°42′W / 41.250°S 68.700°W /-41.250; -68.700
Country	Argentina
Province	Río Negro Province
Department	Veinticinco de Mayo Department, Río Negro
Elevation	888 m (2,913 ft)
Population  (2010)
• Total	2,494
Time zone	UTC−3 (ART)
Climate	BSk

Maquinchao is a village and municipality inRío Negro Province inArgentina.^[1]

This town is located in the middle of northernPatagonia, right in the steppe. Combined with its far distance from open ocean, Maquinchao has one of the mostcontinental variations of acold semi-arid climate (BSk, according to theKöppen climate classification) in the country, bordering on acold arid climate (BWk) and it can be quite extreme: temperatures can range from well above 35 °C or 95 °F on the hottest summer days (but with cold, desert nights at around 10 °C or 50 °F) to lows that might reach −25 °C or −13 °F.Usually, summer days average 26 °C or 78.8 °F and nights 9 °C or 48.2 °F, whereas winter days average 6 °C or 42.8 °F and nights, −5 °C or 23 °F. Snow is common, but since precipitation is generally low, quantities tend to be reduced. The weather is generally windy, especially in the spring.

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