Antártica Chilena Province
Antártica Chilena Province
Provincia Antártica Chilena | |
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Area code | 61 |
Website | [1] |
Antártica Chilena Province (
Communes
- Commune of Cabo de Hornos (until 2001 called Navarino, capital Puerto Williams), area 14,146 km2 (5,462 sq mi), population as of census 2002: 2,262, of which 1,952 are in the capital.[5] As a commune, Cabo de Hornos is a third-level administrative division of Chile administered by a municipal council, headed by an alcalde who is directly elected every four years. The 2016-2020 alcalde is Patricio Fernández (PDC).The communal council has the following members:
Daniel Fernando Valdebenito Contreras (PS) Ángela Barría Barrientos (RN) Juan Velásquez (PS) Carolina Guenel González (DC) Francis Delgado Ibaceta (RN) Paola Speake Ojeda (DC)
- Antarctic territorial claims.)
The Municipality of Cabo de Hornos governs both Antártica and Cabo de Hornos from Cabo de Hornos, making it the only Chilean municipality to currently administer more than one commune.
Demography
According to the 2002 census by the National Statistics Institute (INE), it had a population of 2,392 inhabitants (1,518 men and 874 women), giving it a population density of 0.0019/km2 (0/sq mi). Of these, 1,952 (81.6%) lived in urban areas and 440 (18.4%) in rural areas. The province is the largest in Chile, yet it is also the least and most sparsely populated province in the country. Between the 1992 and 2002 censuses, the population grew by 23% (447 persons).[1]
Territory recognition
The South American portion of the territory is internationally recognized as part of Chile; however, the Commune of
The Commune of Antártica is practically uninhabited except for research stations of various countries, although Chile maintains a permanent civilian population at Villa Las Estrellas (near Frei Montalva Station), including women and children, a small school, and even a bank, in order to support its territorial claim of the area. The official population for the area as of the census 2002 is 130 (115 male, 15 female). This does not include the staff of non-Chilean bases in the area.[6]
According to the Chilean argument, its claim to Antártica Chilena is as old as Chile itself. The
Prehistory
Early settlement by prehistoric man is known to have occurred from
History
Puerto Williams and Porvenir were established in the late 19th century, mainly by Western European immigrants (esp. from British Isles, Scandinavia and the former Yugoslavia) and navigators in cruise ships and fish boats. The Chilean government transplanted Chilean settlers from the central part of the country in the 20th century to increase the province's sparse population.
See also
- Chilean Antarctic Territory
- Antártica (Commune)
- Territorial claims in Antarctica
- Tierra del Fuego Province
- British Antarctic Territory
- Antarctic Treaty System
- Antarctic Peninsula
- Ildefonso Islands
References
- ^ a b c d e "Territorial division of Chile" (PDF) (in Spanish). National Statistics Institute. 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 November 2010. Retrieved 18 March 2011.
- ^ "Chile Time". WorldTimeZones.org. Archived from the original on 13 July 2010. Retrieved 2010-07-28.
- ^ "Chile Summer Time". WorldTimeZones.org. Archived from the original on 2007-09-11. Retrieved 2010-07-28.
- ^ Gobernación Provincia Antártica Chilena: Información Geográfica Archived April 2, 2012, at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
- ^ Gobierno de Chile: SUBDERE - Cabo de Hornos Archived February 20, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The South Pole: Eduardo Frei Montalva Station (Chile) Archived October 2, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "The Treaty of Tordesillas". ThoughtCo. Retrieved 2023-01-01.
- ^ C. Michael Hogan (2008) Bahia Wulaia Dome Middens, Megalithic Portal, ed. Andy Burnham
External links
- Gobierno Regional Magallanes y Antártica Chilena Official website (in Spanish)
- Gobernación Provincia de Antártica Chilena Official website (in Spanish)
- Prensa Antártica - News of the Antártica Chilena Province
- Instituto Antártico Chileno
- Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve