Lago Puelo is a town located in the 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...

, 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) north from the Lago Puelo National Park

Lago Puelo National Park

The Lago Puelo National Park is a national park of Argentina, located in the northwest of the province of Chubut, in the Patagonia. It has an area of 276.74 km²...

, and 15 km (9.3 mi) south from El Bolsón

El Bolsón

El Bolsón may refer to:* El Bolsón, Río Negro, a village in Argentina* Cerro del Bolsón, a mountain in Argentina...

. With a population of around 2,090 inhabitants, it is one of the towns that forms the Andine Shire .

With a population in constant growth due to the migration from larger cities in Argentina, this small town also offers a wide variety of artisans that display their crafts in the local fair of El Bolsón, or in the annual Forest Festival (Spanish: La Fiesta Del Bosque) which is usually held during January or February.

Many of the town's inhabitants are native "porteños", or people from Buenos Aires.

Sources

• Villa Lago Puelo - Patagonia Lands
• Comarca Andina - Lago Puelo
• Lago Puelo - Hoteles Argentina