Futaleufú Depairtment
Futaleufú is a depairtment in the north wast o Chubut, Argentinae. Its main toun an caipital is Esquel tae the north, wi Trevelin an El Corcovado as the anerlie ither touns o significant size. Ither dounsets are Cerro Centinela, Aldea Escolar, Los Cipreses an Lago Rosario. The population o the depairtment is 37,500 inhabitants as per the 2001 census [INDEC], which represents a population density o fewer than 4 inhabitants/km².
Futaleufú | |
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| Departamento Futaleufú | |
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| Coordinates: 42°54′S 71°19′W / 42.900°S 71.317°W | |
| Kintra |  Argentinae |
| Province | Chubut |
| Foondation | 25 Februar 1906 |
| Foondit bi | ? |
| Caipital | Esquel |
| Govrenment | |
| • Mayor | Rafael Williams PJ |
| Area | |
| • Total | 9435 km2 (3,643 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 37,540 |
| • Density | 4.0/km2 (10/sq mi) |
| • Chynge 1991-2001 | +21.95% |
| Post Code | U9200 |
| Area code(s) | 02945 |
| Resident | ? |
| Distance tae Buenos Aires | 1,998km |
| Distance tae Rawson, Chubut | ? |
| Patron | ? |
| Website | http://www.esquel.gov.ar |
The partido is bordered tae the north bi the Cushamen Depairtment, tae the sooth an east bi the Languiñeo depairtment an tae the wast bi Chile. The name comes frae the Futaleufú River which rises in the Los Alerces Naitional Pairk an flows throu the depairtment intae Chile an on tae the Paceefic Ocean.
Dounsets
eedit- Esquel
- Trevelin
- Corcovado
- Lago Rosario
- Aldea Escolar
- Los Cipreses
- Villa Futalaufquen
- Cerro Centinela
- Nahuel Pan
- Los Tepues
- Barrancas
- Cabaña A. Pescado
Attractions
eedit- La Hoya Ski Resort
- Los Alerces Naitional Pairk
- La Trochita, historic 1922 narrae gauge railwey
References
eedit- Depairtment information - Municipal Affairs Federal Institute (IFAM), Municipal Affairs Secretariat, Meenistry o Interior, Argentinae.
Freemit airtins
eedit- (in Spaingie) Esquel Online
- (in Spaingie) Esquel Municipal Wabsteid