Puerto Chacabuco
Puerto Chacabuco | |
|---|---|
Aisén | |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipalidad |
| • Alcade | Óscar Catalán Sánchez |
| Population (2017[1]) | |
| • Total | 1,239 |
| Sex | |
| • Men | 619 |
| • Women | 620 |
| Time zone | UTC−04:00 (Chilean Standard) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−03:00 (Chilean Daylight) |
| Area code | Country + town = 56 + ? |
| Climate | Cfb |
Puerto Chacabuco is a
Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Region and is located at the head of Aisén Fjord. It is the main port of the region, a port of call for ships sailing to the Laguna San Rafael National Park and the terminus of a Navimag ferry service from Puerto Montt. The town is the site of important fish and shellfish processing plants.[2] From the 1990s up to August 2003 there were plans for building an aluminium smelter in the town.[3]
Before the great burnings of the Patagonian forests and the eruption of
Aisén River
and the port had to be moved further to the coast where Puerto Chacabuco now stands.
Puerto Chacabuco is named after the
Chilean Independence War
.
See also
References
- ^ a b "Ciudades, pueblos, aldeas y caceríos 2019" (PDF) (in Spanish). National Statistics Institute. 2019. Retrieved November 1, 2020.
- ^ "Aysén: Pesca o aluminio". El Mostrador (in Spanish). 2003-01-23. Retrieved 2023-04-18.
- ^ "Proyecto para construir planta de aluminio en Aysén fue suspendido". Radio Cooperativa (in Spanish). 2003-08-14. Retrieved 2023-04-18.
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