Magallanes [1] [2] [3] ( Spanish: Región de Magallanes y Antártica Chilena ) - an area in the south of Chile . Includes 4 provinces and 11 communes.
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| Spanish Región de Magallanes y Antártica Chilena | |||||
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| A country |  Chile | ||||
| Includes | 4 provinces 11 communes | ||||
| Adm. Centre | Punta Arenas | ||||
| Head of area | Eugenia Mansilla | ||||
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| Square | 1 382 137.1 km² (34.43%, 1st place ) | ||||
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| Timezone | UTC-3 | ||||
| Largest cities | Punta Arenas , Puerto Natales | ||||
| Population | |||||
| Population | 166 533 people ( 2017 ) (0.9%, 14th place ) | ||||
| Density | 0.12 people / km² (15th place) | ||||
| Official language | Spanish | ||||
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| ISO 3166-2 Code | CL-MA | ||||
| Telephone code | +56 61 | ||||
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Territory - 1 382 137.1 km². [4] The population is 166,533 people (2017). The population density is 0.12 people / km². [5] .
The administrative center is the city of Punta Arenas .
Content
Geography
The region is located in the very south of Chile.
The area borders:
- in the north - Aisen del General Carlos Ibanez del Campo area
- in the east - Argentina
- in the south - the Drake Strait
- in the west - the Pacific Ocean
The region includes Gordon Island, the country's 22nd largest island .
Demographics
According to information collected during the 2002 census by the National Institute of Statistics (INE), the population of the region is:
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Unlike other provinces of Chile, the bulk of the population are descendants of immigrants from Croatia, Scotland, Switzerland, Germany, Greece, Holland, Italy, as well as the Scandinavian countries.
Largest settlements [6]
- Punta Arenas - 119,496 (2002)
- Puerto Natales - 19,116 people. (2002)
Administrative Division
The region includes 4 provinces and 11 communes.
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See also
- Antarctica (Chile)
Notes
- ↑ Paraguay, Uruguay, Chile, Argentina // World Atlas / comp. and preparation. to the ed. PKO "Cartography" in 2009; ch. ed. G.V. Pozdnyak . - M .: PKO "Cartography": Onyx, 2010. - S. 180-181. - ISBN 978-5-85120-295-7 (Cartography). - ISBN 978-5-488-02609-4 (Onyx).
- ↑ South America, South // Atlas of the World / comp. and preparation. to the ed. PKO "Cartography" in 1999; open Ed .: T.G. Novikova , T.M. Vorobyova . - 3rd ed., Eras., Fr. in 2002 with diaposes. 1999 - M .: Roskartografiya, 2002. - S. 262-263. - ISBN 5-85120-055-3 .
- ↑ Magallanes // Dictionary of geographical names of foreign countries / resp. ed. A.M. Komkov . - 3rd ed., Revised. and add. - M .: Nedra , 1986. - S. 209.
- ↑ Chilean Territorial Information System (Spanish)
- ↑ 2017 Chile Census (Spanish)
- ↑ Census of Chile's Cities, Towns, and Villages 2002 ( PDF ) (Spanish)