Calbuco
 
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Calbuco is a Chilean port city in southern Chile in the X Región de los Lagos ( Llanquihue province ) on the coast of the Gulf of Ancud . The city is about 50 km south of Puerto Montt .
The name of the city was coined by the indigenous people of the island of Isla de Caicaén . Calfunco , which means something like blue waters .
The city had 31,070 inhabitants in 2002.
60 km northeast of the city is the Calbuco volcano of the same name . It is one of the most active volcanoes in Chile. In April 2015, the Calbuco hurled a cloud of ash several kilometers high into the atmosphere. The last eruption before that was in 1972.
history
The origins of the city go back to 1602 when it was founded by Don Francisco Hernández Ortiz, at that time still called Real Fuerte de San Miguel . In 1603 a small infantry unit was stationed in Calbuco. The troops were often manned by chilots , the inhabitants of the island of Chiloé . The city itself was on an island.
In 1866, during the Spanish-South American War, the battle of Abtao took place nearby . Until 1965 the city was on an island, only then was it connected to the mainland with a 240 m long bridge.
economy
Calbuco lives mainly from fishing and agriculture.
Individual evidence
- ↑ spiegel.de: Calbuco volcano erupted in Chile , accessed on April 23, 2015
Coordinates: 41 ° 46 ′ S , 73 ° 8 ′ W