Futaleufú is a department

Departments of Argentina

Departments form the second level of administrative division in the provinces of Argentina. There are no departments in the city of Buenos Aires, which has so far been divided into neighbourhoods as its administrative divisions, but is to be divided now into communes by a recently passed local act...

 in the north west of Chubut Province

Chubut Province

Chubut a province in the southern part of Argentina situated between the 42nd parallel south and the 46th parallel south , the Andes range separating Argentina from Chile, and the Atlantic ocean...

, Argentina

Argentina

Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...

. Its main town and capital is Esquel

Esquel

According to the , the Esquel district had about 28,000 inhabitants, with one of the highest rates of growth in the province, mainly as result of the immigration of people from Buenos Aires, but also from other provinces. It has wide cement streets with sidewalks, and is clean and well maintained...

 to the north, with Trevelin

Trevelín

Trevelin is a town in the Patagonian Argentine province of Chubut. It is located in the department of Futaleufú, south of Esquel, and had about 6,400 inhabitants at the time of the ....

 and El Corcovado as the only other towns of significant size. Other settlements are Cerro Centinela

Cerro Centinela

Cerro Centinela is a village and municipality in Chubut Province in southern Argentina....

, Aldea Escolar

Aldea Escolar

Aldea Escolar is a village and municipality in Chubut Province in southern Argentina.-References:...

, Los Cipreses

Los Cipreses

Los Cipreses is a village and municipality in Chubut Province in southern Argentina.-References:...

 and Lago Rosario

Lago Rosario

Lago Rosario is a village and municipality in Chubut Province in southern Argentina.-References:...

. The population of the department is 37,500 inhabitants as per the , which represents a population density of fewer than 4 inhabitants/km².

The partido is bordered to the north by the Cushamen Department

Cushamen Department

Cushamen is a department located in the north west of Chubut Province in Argentina.The provincial subdivision has a population of about 17,000 inhabitants in an area of 16,250km², and its capital city is Cushamen....

, to the south and east by the Languiñeo department and to the west by Chile

Chile

Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...

. The name comes from the Futaleufú River

Futaleufú River

The Futaleufú River is a river fed by the lakes in the Los Alerces National Park in Chubut Province, Argentina, crossing the Andes Mountains and the international border into Chile and opening into the Yelcho Lake....

 which rises in the Los Alerces National Park

Los Alerces National Park

The Los Alerces National Park is a national park in Chubut Province, Argentina, some 30 miles from Esquel. It is a park of 2,630 square kilometres along the border with Chile, best known for the alerce trees from which the park takes its name.The park was created in 1937 in order to protect the...

 and flows through the department into Chile and on to the Pacific Ocean

Pacific Ocean

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.

Settlements

• Esquel
  Esquel
  According to the , the Esquel district had about 28,000 inhabitants, with one of the highest rates of growth in the province, mainly as result of the immigration of people from Buenos Aires, but also from other provinces. It has wide cement streets with sidewalks, and is clean and well maintained...
  
  
• Trevelín
  Trevelín
  Trevelin is a town in the Patagonian Argentine province of Chubut. It is located in the department of Futaleufú, south of Esquel, and had about 6,400 inhabitants at the time of the ....
  
  
• Corcovado
• Lago Rosario
  Lago Rosario
  Lago Rosario is a village and municipality in Chubut Province in southern Argentina.-References:...
  
  
• Aldea Escolar
  Aldea Escolar
  Aldea Escolar is a village and municipality in Chubut Province in southern Argentina.-References:...
  
  
• Los Cipreses
  Los Cipreses
  Los Cipreses is a village and municipality in Chubut Province in southern Argentina.-References:...
  
  
• Villa Futalaufquen
  Villa Futalaufquen
  Villa Futalaufquen is a village and municipality in Chubut Province in southern Argentina....
  
  
• Cerro Centinela
  Cerro Centinela
  Cerro Centinela is a village and municipality in Chubut Province in southern Argentina....
  
  
• Nahuel Pan
• Los Tepues
• Barrancas
• Cabaña A. Pescado

Attractions

• La Hoya Ski Resort
• Los Alerces National Park
  Los Alerces National Park
  The Los Alerces National Park is a national park in Chubut Province, Argentina, some 30 miles from Esquel. It is a park of 2,630 square kilometres along the border with Chile, best known for the alerce trees from which the park takes its name.The park was created in 1937 in order to protect the...
  
  
• La Trochita
  La Trochita
  La Trochita, , in English known as the Old Patagonian Express, is a narrow gauge railway in Patagonia, Argentina using steam locomotives. The nickname La Trochita means literally "The Little Narrow Gauge" in Spanish...
  
  , historic 1922 narrow gauge railway

External links

Esquel Online Esquel Municipal Website