Aldea Beleiro

Aldea Beleiro is a rural community in the Río Senguer department of south-western Chubut, 382 km west of Comodoro Rivadavia and just 5 km from the Chilean border (El Triana and Hito 45 crossings). It has 199 residents (2022 census). It lives off sheep and cattle, surrounded by steppe and close to Andean forests, lakes and rivers.

Climate

Cold and harsh, with a dry season: extremes range from 25 °C in summer to −25 °C in winter.

History

It is named after Rafael Beleiro (1890–1986), who arrived in 1910 aged 19 and, with Apolinario Aramis Lima, opened a store to trade with the area’s first peoples. The anniversary is 22 September, the day the school was founded in 1922; the village grew up around it.

Distances: 382 km from Comodoro Rivadavia · 5 km from the Chilean border