Región de Aysén
Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Region XI
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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) | ||
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Intendant | Karina Acevedo Auad | ||
economy | |||
GDP | CLP 390 million CLP 3840 per capita (2007) |
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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) |
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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):
- Melinka (Comuna Guaitecas) , 1,411 inhabitants
- Puerto Cisnes (Comuna Cisnes) , 2,507 inhabitants
- Villa Mañiguales (Comuna Aysen) , 1,401 inhabitants
- Puerto Aisén (Comuna Aysen) , 16,936 inhabitants
- Puerto Chacabuco (Comuna Aysen) , 1,243 inhabitants
- Coyhaique (Comuna Coyhaique) , 44,850 inhabitants
- Chile Chico (Comuna Chile Chico) , 3,042 inhabitants
- Cochrane (Comuna Cochrane) , 2,217 inhabitants
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
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
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tourism
The Aisén region has a number of national parks and various national reserves that are popular tourist destinations.
- Bernardo O'Higgins National Park, the largest national park in Chile
- Isla Guamblin National Park
- Isla Magdalena National Park
- Laguna San Rafael National Park
- Reserva Nacional Katalalixar
- Reserva Nacional Las Guaitecas
- Reserva Nacional Río Simpson
The main tourist destinations are glacier tours and Lake General Carrera . Fishing tours, trekking and mountain tours are also very popular.
economy
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.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas , División Político Administrativa y Censal 2007, Santiago 2008, p. 245
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas , Resultados XVIII Censo de Población 2012, Tomo 1, Santiago 2014, p. 57
- ↑ Chile: Regions and Agglomerations - Population Statistics, Maps, Graphics, Weather and Web Information. Retrieved April 14, 2018 .
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas , División Político Administrativa y Censal 2007, Santiago 2008, pp. 251 f.
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas , Resultados XVIII Censo de Población 2012, Tomo 1, Santiago 2014, p. 57 f.
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas , División Político Administrativa y Censal 2007, Santiago 2008, p. 253
- ↑ Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas , Resultados XVIII Censo de Población 2012, Tomo 1, Santiago 2014, p. 57