Los Lagos Region
Los Lagos Region
Región de Los Lagos | ||
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Capital Puerto Montt | | |
Provinces | Osorno, Llanquihue, Chiloé, Palena | |
Government | ||
• Intendant | Harry Jürgensen Caesar (RN) | |
Area | ||
• Total | 48,583.6 km2 (18,758.2 sq mi) | |
• Rank | 5 | |
Highest elevation | 2,450 m (8,040 ft) | |
Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) | |
Population (2017 census)[1] | ||
• Total | 823,204 | |
• Rank | 7 | |
• Density | 17/km2 (44/sq mi) | |
GDP (PPP) | ||
• Total | $11.131 billion (2014) | |
• Per capita | $12,335 (2014) | |
ISO 3166 code | CL-LL | |
HDI (2019) | 0.795[3] high | |
Website | Official website (in Spanish) |
Los Lagos Region (
Historically, the Huilliche have called this territory between Bueno River and Reloncaví Sound Futahuillimapu, meaning "great land of the south". The region hosts Monte Verde, one of the oldest archaeological sites of the Americas. The largest indigenous group of the region are the Huilliche who lived in the area before the arrival of the Spanish. The Spanish crown settled Chiloé Archipelago in 1567[4] while the rest of the region begun to be slowly colonized by non-indigenous people only in the late 18th century. In the 1850s Germans arrived to colonize the shores of Llanquihue Lake under a Chilean state-sponsored program.
Los Lagos Region economy is dominated by the
Geography
The region is bordered on the north by
Demography
The region has an area of 48,585 km2 (18,759 sq mi) and its population, according to the 2017 INE Census was 823,204, with a population density of 16.9 /km².
Principal towns
The Región de Los Lagos has seventeen towns according to the 2017 census, of which eleven have more than 10000 inhabitants each.
No. | Town | Population | Province |
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1. | Puerto Montt | 169 736 | Llanquihue |
2. | Osorno | 147 666 | Osorno |
3. | Alerce | 42 267 | Llanquihue |
4. | Castro | 33 417 | Chiloé |
5. | Ancud | 28 162 | Chiloé |
6. | Puerto Varas | 26 172 | Llanquihue |
7. | Quellón | 17 552 | Chiloé |
8. | Calbuco | 15 903 | Llanquihue |
9. | Llanquihue | 12 945 | Llanquihue |
10. | Frutillar | 12 876 | Llanquihue |
11. | Purranque | 12 614 | Osorno |
12. | Los Muermos | 7928 | Llanquihue |
13. | Fresia | 7328 | Llanquihue |
14. | Dalcahue | 7120 | Chiloé |
15. | Río Negro | 6978 | Osorno |
16. | Chonchi | 5632 | Chiloé |
17. | Chaitén | 1639 | Palena |
Climate
The region, in general, has a natural vegetation of
Protected areas
Protected areas include 7 national parks, 2 private-owned parks and 2 natural monuments.
- National Parks
- Private parks
- Natural monuments
Economy
The region is the center of aquaculture in chile.
Transportation
See also
- German colonization of Valdivia, Osorno and Llanquihue
- Antillanca ski resort
- Intermediate Depression
References
- ^ Government of Chile Foreign Investment Committee. Retrieved 13 March 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Regions and Cities > Regional Statistics > Regional Economy > Regional GDP per Capita, OECD.Stats.
- ^ "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab". hdi.globaldatalab.org. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
- ^ Hanisch, Walter. La Isla de Chiloé. 1982. pp. 11–12.
External links
- http://www.frutillar.com (in Spanish)
- http://www.regiondeloslagos.cl (in Spanish)
- https://web.archive.org/web/20060625023200/http://www.regionx.cl/ (in Spanish)
- Satellite view of Puerto Montt (Google maps)
- Satellite view of the Chiloé archipelago (Google maps)
- Satellite view of Lake Llanquihue (Google maps)
- Satellite view of Osorno (Google maps)
- Satellite view of Valdivia (Google maps)
- Satellite view of Chaitén (Google maps)