El Huecú is a third category municipality and capital of the Ñorquín Department, on Provincial Road 4, in the north of the Argentine province of Neuquén.

[1] Its population gradually moved to El Huecú because the previous capital was located on private property.

In 1940, the Argentine Executive Power designated El Huecú as the new department capital, but it was officially founded on February 1, 1940.

In 2003, the lonko Carlos Maripal became the first non-elected member of the Mapuche community in the province to occupy a position at a local legislature.

[5] It lies on a wide valley shaped by the El Huecú creek and other environmental factors, surrounded by the Mandolegue the Trocomán ranges.

The fauna includes species such as the ostrich, guanaco, mountain lions, foxes and rabbits.