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Trevelin is a town in the Patagonic province of Chubut, Argentina. It is located in the department of Futaleufú, south of Esquel, and has about 6,400 inhabitants as per the 2001 census [INDEC].
The town was originally known as Colonia 16 de Octubre and was important in the Welsh settlement of Chubut. It was renamed Trevelin (from Trefelin, the Welsh for "mill town") after the first mill, known as "Los Andes", was established there by John Evans in 1889. One of the tourist attractions of Trevelin is the grave of Malacara, John Evans's horse, who a few years earlier in 1884 had saved his master's life by a prodigious leap. In 1902, following a territorial dispute between Argentina and Chile, the inhabitants of the area voted to remain in Argentina.
This beautiful town on the Valley of the 16th of October is near the Percey river, which further south becomes the Rio Grande, crosses the border of the country and once in Chile its called the Rio Futaleufú.
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- Municipal information — Municipal Affairs Federal Institute (IFAM), Municipal Affairs Secretariat, Ministry of Interior, Argentina.
