Carrenleufú

Carrenleufú is in western Chubut, in the Languiñeo department, on provincial route 44, 1 km from the border crossing and 12 km from Palena in Chile; Corcovado is 25 km away. It has 320 residents (2022 census). Its name means “river of green waters” in Mapuche. It is part of the Paraíso del Encuentro binational circuit, which links Argentine and Chilean mountain towns.

Landscape and climate

Andean Patagonian landscape, with lenga and cypress forests, 884 metres above sea level in the Corcovado River valley, where vegetables and pulses are grown and cattle raised. The mean temperature is 10 °C to 15 °C, with lows of −15 °C in winter and highs of 28 °C in summer.

History

The first settlers arrived in 1914 and the border police in the 1940s. The village was created on 26 January 1985, when a group of residents wanted to break away from the municipality of Corcovado.

Distances: 25 km from Corcovado · 1 km from the Chilean border · 12 km from Palena