El Maitén is a town in Argentina in Cushamen Department on the margins of the Chubut River, on the northwest of Chubut Province, in Patagonia. In older times it was the intermediate point in the railroad tracks of the Old Patagonian Express between the towns of Ingeniero Jacobacci and Esquel.
The town is located south of the 42 parallel (inter-province border between the provinces of Río Negro and Chubut), at AMSL. Ex-Provincial route 40 runs through it on a north–south direction, which connects to the city of Esquel south.
Other connecting routes to El Maitén are National Route 243 towards El Bolsón and Bariloche in Río Negro Province, and Provincial routes RP 4 and RP 71, connecting to Cushamen and Epuyén respectively.
El Maitén lies south of Ñorquincó, east of El Bolsón, and northwest of Cushamen, and northeast of Epuyén.
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