Neltume | |
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| Region | Los Ríos |
| Province | Valdivia |
| Municipalidad | Panguipulli |
| Comuna | Panguipulli |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipalidad |
| • Alcade | René Aravena Riffo (RN) |
| Population (2002 census [1]) | |
| • Total | 2,125 |
| Time zone | UTC−04:00 (Chilean Standard) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−03:00 (Chilean Daylight) |
| Area code | Country + town = 56 + 63 |
Neltume is a Chilean town in Panguipulli commune, of Los Ríos Region. It lies along the 203-CH route to Huahum Pass into Argentina. The town's main economic activities are forestry and, more recently, tourism since the Huilo-Huilo Biological Reserve was created in 1999. During large periods of the 20th century, Neltume was a site of social mobilizations and unrest, events which culminated in 1981 with the crackdown of the "Toqui Lautaro" guerrilla set of by MIR to fight the military dictatorship in Chile.