Futaleufú Department
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| Capital | Esquel |
| population | 37,540 (2001, INDEC) |
| surface | 9,435 km² |
| Population density | 4 people / km² |
The department of Futaleufú is located in the northwest of the province of Chubut in southern Argentina and is one of 15 administrative units in the province.
It is bordered by the Departamento Cushamen to the north, the Departamento Languiñeo to the east and south and Chile to the west .
The capital of the Futaleufú department is Esquel .
The name of the department comes from the Río Futaleufú , which rises in the Los Alerces National Park and flows through Chile into the Pacific Ocean .
population
According to INDEC estimates, the population increased from 37,540 inhabitants (2001) to 40,813 inhabitants in 2005.
cities and communes
The department of Futaleufú is divided into the following municipalities:
- Aldea Escolar
- Cerro Centinela
- Corcovado
- Esquel
- Laguna Rosario
- Los Cipreses
- Trevelin
- Villa Futalaufquen
- Nahuel Pan
- Los Tepues
- Barrancas o Mallin Grande
- Cabaña A. Pescado
Worth seeing
- La Hoya , ski resort
- Los Alerces National Park
- La Trochita , the 1922 Patagonia Express
Biedma | Cushamen | Escalante | Florentino Ameghino | Futaleufú | Gaiman | Gastre | Languiñeo | Mártires | Paso de Indios | Rawson | Río Senguer | Sarmiento | Tehuelches | Telsen
Coordinates: 42 ° 54 ′ S , 71 ° 24 ′ W