National Route 25 is a 534-kilometer-long paved

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that runs through the center of

Chubut Province Chubut ( es, Provincia del Chubut, ; cy, Talaith Chubut) is a province in southern Argentina, situated between the 42nd parallel south (the border with Río Negro Province), the 46th parallel south (bordering Santa Cruz Province), the Andes ra ...

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. It extends from the juncture with

National Route 40 The following highways are numbered 40: International * European route E40 Argentina * National Route 40 Australia * NSW State Route 40 (Windsor Road and Victoria Road in Sydney) * Victorian State Route 40 * Mulligan Highway (Queensland) B ...

Tecka Tecka is a town in Chubut Province, Argentina, located south of Esquel and around west of Rawson along National Route 25. It is the seat of the Languiñeo Department. History Tecka was a winter settlement of nomadic indigenous peoples, especi ...

to the bridge on the Chubut River in the city of

Rawson Rawson may refer to: Places *Rawson, Chubut, the capital of Chubut Province, Argentina *Rawson Department, Chubut, Argentina *Rawson Department, San Juan, Argentina **Villa Krause, also named Rawson, the capital city of the department * Rawson, Vic ...

. The highway crosses the

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, joining sparsely populated areas.

History

This route was established by the

Tehuelche people The Tehuelche people, also called the Aónikenk, are an indigenous people from eastern Patagonia in South America. In the 18th and 19th centuries the Tehuelche were influenced by Mapuche people, and many adopted a horseriding lifestyle. Once a ...

to journey between the coasts in the winter and the Andes in the summer. The route borders the Chubut River, which is the only source of

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water on the journey. After the establishment of Welsh colonies in the valley below, and encouraged by news sent from the Andes by Wisel (also spelled Huisel, Wissale or Wishel) and then by other

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s, John Daniel Evans ventured on this route in late 1885 together with Governor

Luis Jorge Fontana Luis Jorge Fontana (born April 19, 1846 in Buenos Aires, Argentina; died October 18, 1920 in San Juan, Argentina) was an Argentine military officer, explorer, geographer, writer, and politician. He was the first governor of the national territory ...

in an expedition called Riflemen of Chubut (''Rifleros del Chubut''). Years later and after a second expedition, Evans guided the first group of colonists to definitively establish themselves in the mountain range, linking the coast and the October 16 Colony (''Colonia 16 de Octubre'') (renamed

Trevelin Trevelin (; cy, Trefelin) is a town in the western part of the Patagonian Argentine province of Chubut. The town lies on the eastern banks of the ( es, Río Percey). It is located in the department of Futaleufú, south of Esquel, and had 6,3 ...

in 1918) on November 20, 1888. The crossing of the Chubut River was made by raft until the construction of a bridge in 1957-1958. On September 7, 2004, the National Highway Authority ('' Dirección Nacional de Vialidad'') and Provincial Highway Authority ('' Administración de Vialidad Provincial'') signed an agreement exchanging Provincial Route 62 between Tecka and Pampa de Agnia (paved between 1974 and 1976) for National Route 25 (unpaved) between Pampa de Agnia and National Route 40 (marked in green on the map). This agreement was ratified by Provincial Law 5486 promulgated on May 31, 2006.
Provincial Law 5486

Route description

National Route 25 passes through the following towns (from east to west): *Rawson (km 0-1) *

Trelew Trelew (, from cy, tref "town" and the name of the founder, Lewis Jones) is a city in the eastern part of the Chubut Province of Argentina. Located in Patagonia, the city is the largest and most populous in the low valley of the Chubut River, wi ...

(km 17) * Gaiman (km 38) *

Dolavon Dolavon ( Welsh: ''Dolafon'') is a small town in the Patagonian province of Chubut, Argentina. It has a population of 2,929 according to the . It is located close to the Chubut River, about to the west of Gaiman. The name comes from Welsh ''d ...

(km 56) *

Las Plumas Las Plumas (Welsh: ''Dôl y Plu'') is a village in Chubut Province, Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers a ...

(km 205) * Los Altares (km 309) * Paso de Indios (km 365) *Tecka (km 534)

References

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