Caleta Tortel
Caleta Tortel | |
|---|---|
Aisén | |
| Province | Capitán Prat |
| Municipalidad | Tortel |
| Comuna | Tortel |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipalidad |
| • Alcalde | Gabriel López M. |
| Population (2017 census [1]) | |
| • Total | 523 |
| Time zone | UTC−04:00 (Chilean Standard) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−03:00 (Chilean Daylight) |
| Area code | Country + town = 56 + ? |
| Climate | Cfb |
| Website | http://www.municipalidaddetortel.cl/ |
Caleta Tortel is a coastal village (
Caleta Tortel consists mainly of stilt houses, typical of Chilotan architecture, built along the coast for several kilometers. There are no conventional streets - instead there are wooden walkways built with Guaitecas cypress. The wooden walkways give the village its distinctive look and its unique culture.[1]
There is one school in Caleta Tortel, called Escuela Comandante Luis Bravo Bravo, inaugurated by the Chilean Navy in 1978 it runs up to 8th grade and has about 90 students total. There are no banks or cash points except for BancoEstado clients, but there is Entel cellphone coverage, line phones and access to the internet including free WiFi at the public library. There is a rural health centre, police checkpoint, fire-fighters, harbour master, municipality and civil registration.
Transportation
For most of its history, the village had only air and boat access. Constructed in 2003, the X-904 road connects Caleta Tortel with the
See also
References
- ^ Tortel walkways Archived 2020-09-16 at the Wayback Machine Atlas vivo de chile, retrieved December 09, 2013