Futaleufú Department

Infobox Chubut
name= Futaleufú
official name= Departamento Futaleufú

location= location of Futaleufú Department in Chubut Province
capital= Esquel
foundation= February 25 1906
founder= ?
pop= 37,540 (census-ar|2001)
density= 3.98 Inhabitants/km²
pop change= + 21.95% (1991-2001)
resident= ?
tel= 02945
post= U9200
coor= coord|42|54|S|71|19|W
area= 9,435 km²
dist1= 1,998km
dist2= ?
patron= ?
mayor= Rafael Williams, PJ| web= http://www.esquel.gov.ar
ifam= CHU018

Futaleufú is a department in the north west of Chubut Province, Argentina. Its main town and capital is Esquel to the north, with Trevelin and El Corcovado as the only other towns of significant size. Other settlements are Cerro Centinela, Aldea Escolar, Los Cipreses and Lago Rosario. The population of the department is 37,500 inhabitants as per the census-ar|2001, which represents a population density of fewer than 4 inhabitants/km².

The partido is bordered to the north by the Cushamen Department, to the south and east by the Languiñeo department and to the west by Chile. The name comes from the Futaleufú River which rises in the Los Alerces National Park and flows through the department into Chile and on to the Pacific Ocean.

ettlements

*Esquel
*Trevelín
*Corcovado
*Lago Rosario
*Aldea Escolar
*Los Cipreses
*Villa Futalaufquen
*Cerro Centinela
*Nahuel Pan
*Los Tepues
*Barrancas
*Cabaña A. Pescado

Attractions

*La Hoya Ski Resort

*Los Alerces National Park

*La Trochita, historic 1922 narrow gauge railway

References

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External links

[http://www.esquelonline.com.ar Esquel Online] es icon

[http://www.esquel.gov.ar Esquel Municipal Website] es icon