San Juan Bautista (Isla Robinson Crusoe)
Coordinates: 33 ° 38 ′ S , 78 ° 50 ′ W
San Juan Bautista is the capital of the Chilean Juan Fernández Islands in the eastern Pacific . The place is located on Cumberland Bay in the center of the northeast coast of Robinson Crusoe Island .
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Some sources say that it was founded in 1877, while other sources date it to be founded in 1750.
After the Battle of Rancagua in 1814, the Spanish sent 42 Chilean Creoles of the independence movement to the island. The Chileans in exile included Juan Egaña and Manuel de Salas , who lived in the Cuevas de los Patriotas ("Patriot Caves") above San Juan Bautista.
Although the residents have kept a village calm trading lobsters , there are some vehicles, satellite internet connections and many televisions. In the 2012 census, the place had 800 inhabitants in an area of 0.31 square kilometers.
There is a soccer field at the northern end of the city and a school called Escuela Dresden, named after the German ship SMS Dresden , which was sunk here during World War I.
The names of the generally unpaved roads in the city are: Larraín Alcalde, Ignacio Carrera Pinto, El Sándalo, Vicente González, Teniente Cortés, La Pólvora, Dresden.
During the tsunami triggered by the earthquake in Chile in 2010 , almost all buildings were destroyed on February 27, 2010 by waves up to 2.3 meters high. Most of the residents were able to escape to higher areas in good time. For some, however, the warning came too late.
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- ↑ a b Cuevas, Marticorena, Cavieres: Revista chilena de historia natural . May 2004, doi : 10.4067 / S0716-078X2004000300011 ( article on SciELO ).
- ^ Spiegel Online Panorama, March 3, 2010
