Lago Puelo is a town located in the Chubut Province, Argentina, north from Puelo Lake and the

Lago Puelo National Park The Lago Puelo National Park ( es, Parque Nacional Lago Puelo) is a national park of Argentina, located in the northwest of the province of Chubut, in the Patagonia region of South America. It has an area of . It was created to protect its scenic ...

, and south from El Bolsón. With a population of 3,129 inhabitants in 2010, it is one of the towns that forms La Comarca Andina del Paralelo 42 (Andean Region of the 42nd parallel), an organization which includes towns and rural areas in or near the Andes and clustered around the 42nd parallel of latitude in Argentina. With a population in constant growth due to the migration from larger cities in Argentina, this small town also offers a wide variety of artisans that display their crafts in the local fair of El Bolsón, or in the annual Forest Festival (Spanish: ''La Fiesta Del Bosque'') which is usually held during January or February. Caminando hacia el lago

Many of the town's inhabitants are native "porteños", i.e. people from Buenos Aires.

Climate

The climate of Lago Pueblo under the Köppen Classification system is a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb). Under the Trewartha climate classification system, the climate is classified as Crlk (maritime temperate, with mild summers and cool winters. Most precipitation is in the Austral winter months from May to August. Snowfall is frequent in the winter months.

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Villa Lago Puelo
- Patagonia Lands
Comarca Andina
- Lago Puelo

- Hoteles Argentina Populated places in Chubut Province {{Chubut-geo-stub