Región de Aysén

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Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo
Region XI
Aysén
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Basic data
Country Chile
Capital Coyhaique
surface 108,494.4 km²
Residents 103,158 (2017)
density 1 inhabitant per km²
ISO 3166-2 CL-AI
Website www.goreaysen.cl (Spanish)
politics
Intendant Karina Acevedo Auad
economy
GDP  CLP 390  million CLP
3840 per capita
(2007)
Puente Presidente Ibáñez over the Río Aysén
Puente Presidente Ibáñez over the Río Aysén

Coordinates: 45 ° 30 ′  S , 72 ° 6 ′  W

Región de Aysén (also Región de Aisén ), officially Región de Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo , formerly XI. Called Región , is a regional administrative unit in the south of the Republic of Chile . The capital is Coyhaique . 103,158 inhabitants live in an area of ​​108,494 km² (as of 2017 census ) , almost 80% of whom are concentrated in a few urban centers.

geography

The region is divided into 4 provinces with 10 municipalities ( Comunas ):

province Capital surface Population
(2012)
Municipalities
(Comunas)
Coyhaique Coyhaique 12,942.5 km² 54,575 2
Aisen Puerto Aisen 46,588.8 km² 28,858 3
Captain Prat Cochrane 37,043.6 km² 4,003 3
General Carrera Chile Chico 11,919.5 km² 6,835 2

Cities and important places from north to south (population figures according to 2002 census):

The Aisén region is criss-crossed by huge glaciated areas, fjords and countless islands. The glacier areas of Campo de Hielo Norte and Campo de Hielo Sur cover huge areas of the region. These areas begin roughly at the height of Chile Chico in the west.

At the level of the Río Baker or Baker Canal , the ice drift begins , pushing ice from the Antarctic to the west coast of Patagonia . Far to the west are the large Taitao peninsula and the islands of the Chonos archipelago . This area has several large national parks.

In the east lies the largest lake in Chile, Lago General Carrera with an area of ​​around 2,200 km². The lake is partly on Argentine territory.

Active volcanoes such as Cerro Hudson covered z. B. the area around Puerto Ingeniero Ibáñez with heavy ash rains recently.

The climate in the southern areas of Aysén is already very polar with winters around −20 ° C. The climate around Lago General Carrera is more pleasant . Chile Chico is also called "Ciudad del Sol".

history

Coihaique, capital of the Aisen region, monument to the shepherds

Before the colonists settled, the Kawéskar or Alacalufes lived in the region. In 1553 Francisco de Ulloa reached the Taitao peninsula for the first time on behalf of Pedro de Valdivia . In 1766/67 the Jesuit Father José García Alsué undertook a four-month missionary trip through the western Patagonian islands and reported, among other things, of a river that he named Estero Aysén .

Around 1899, the German geographer Hans Steffen explored and mapped West Patagonia . The border with Argentina remained controversial for a long time until the British King Edward VII established the official Chilean-Argentine border on November 20, 1902. After that, the gradual settlement of the region began. The cities were not officially formed until around 1925.

The Carretera Austral highway was built by the Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet from 1976 to 1997. It leads from Puerto Montt to Villa O'Higgins .

In 1991 the Cerro Hudson volcano erupted 100 km northwest of Chile Chico . This was one of the largest volcanic eruptions in the last century. Many cities in the area were covered in ash rain.

Administrative division

Administrative structure of the Región de Aisén del General Carlos Ibañéz del Campo
province Administrative center Commune Population
(2012)
Aisen Puerto Aisen 1 Aisén 22,421
2 cisnes 4,964
3 guaitecas 1,473
Captain Prat Cochrane 4 Cochrane 2,976
5 O'Higgins Villa 540
6 tortel 487
Coihaique Coihaique 7 Coihaique 53,715
8 Lake Verde 860
General Carrera Chile Chico 9 Río Ibáñez 2,208
10 Chile Chico 4,627
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tourism

The Aisén region has a number of national parks and various national reserves that are popular tourist destinations.

The main tourist destinations are glacier tours and Lake General Carrera . Fishing tours, trekking and mountain tours are also very popular.

economy

Aerial view of the
Cerro Hudson volcano

The long-awaited upswing in the region came with the Carretera Austral . The region lives mainly from tourism, fishing and sheep breeding. Forestry plays a bigger role in the north. There are several zinc and gold mines in the area.

There is a border traffic with Argentina , as well as ferry connections to Puerto Montt . Many cities have their own small airports in order to bridge the large distances between the places more quickly.

Web links

Commons : Aysén Region  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas , División Político Administrativa y Censal 2007, Santiago 2008, p. 245
  2. Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas , Resultados XVIII Censo de Población 2012, Tomo 1, Santiago 2014, p. 57
  3. Chile: Regions and Agglomerations - Population Statistics, Maps, Graphics, Weather and Web Information. Retrieved April 14, 2018 .
  4. Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas , División Político Administrativa y Censal 2007, Santiago 2008, pp. 251 f.
  5. Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas , Resultados XVIII Censo de Población 2012, Tomo 1, Santiago 2014, p. 57 f.
  6. Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas , División Político Administrativa y Censal 2007, Santiago 2008, p. 253
  7. Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas , Resultados XVIII Censo de Población 2012, Tomo 1, Santiago 2014, p. 57