Antártica Chilena Province
| Provincia de la Antártica Chilena | |
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| Basic data | |
| Country | Chile |
| region | Magallanes and Chilean Antarctica |
| Seat | Puerto Williams |
| surface | 17,859 km² |
| Residents | 2392 (2002) |
| density | 0.1 inhabitants per km² |
| ISO 3166-2 | CL-MA |
| politics | |
| governor | Nelson Cárcamo Barrera |
Coordinates: 55 ° 30 ′ S , 68 ° 30 ′ W
The province of Antártica Chilena ( German " Province of the Chilean Antarctica " ) is the southernmost of the four provinces in Chile's Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena and the southernmost in the country. It has 2392 inhabitants and a surface area of 17,859 km², taking into account the surface of the Chilean Antarctic territory with an area of 1,247,995 km², the area reaches 1,265,854 km².
The province includes the islands of Tierra del Fuego south of the Beagle Channel , part of the Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego and the Chilean Antarctic Territory. The capital of the province is Puerto Williams on the island of Navarino .
The province was created on November 4, 1975 and consists of two municipalities, Cabo de Hornos (this was called Navarino until 2001 ) and Antártica . Both municipalities are administered by the municipality of Cabo de Hornos from Puerto Williams.
The most important settlements in the province are next to Puerto Williams Puerto Navarino , Caleta Eugenia and Puerto Toro , these are all on the island of Navarino. The only civil settlement in the municipality of Antártica is Villa Las Estrellas .
1518 men and 874 women live in the provinces, 1952 people live in cities, 440 in rural areas (2002 census).
Web links
- INE.cl: statistical data
