Napaleofú

Napaleofú is a small town in the southeast of the province of Buenos Aires, in Argentina. It is located 50 km from Tandil and 63 km from Balcarce and administratively depends on the Balcarce Partido, although part of its territory belongs to the Lobería Partido. The name is a derivation of the Mapuche word "napa" or "napad" with which, probably, the Indios Serranos called what is known today as Arroyo Chico.

Napaleofú's economy is mainly based on agricultural and livestock production, mining and some industrial activities such as the production of bread, pasta, and pastries on a smaller scale. The fact that the territory belongs to two partidos (three in practice) brings with it some problems: for example, half of a school belongs to one partido and the other half to the other. The 2001 census gives a population of more than three hundred inhabitants, although unofficial polls say there are more than a thousand. The town has a kindergarten, a primary school and a secondary school.