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Palena Province (Spanish: Provincia de Palena) is the southernmost administrative area in Chile's Los Lagos Region Los Lagos (X). The area is also called Continental Chiloe or Northern Patagonia, as geographers consider the Palena Province to be the starting point of Chilean Patagonia which extends south from Palena all the way to Tierra del Fuego.
Province 1. Puerto Montt: 169 736 Llanquihue 2. Osorno: 147 666 Osorno 3. Alerce: 42 267 Llanquihue 4. Castro: 33 417 Chiloé 5. Ancud: 28 162 Chiloé 6. Puerto Varas: 26 172 Llanquihue 7. Quellón: 17 552 Chiloé 8. Calbuco: 15 903 Llanquihue 9. Llanquihue: 12 945 Llanquihue 10. Frutillar: 12 876 Llanquihue 11. Purranque: 12 614 Osorno 12. Los ...
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No provincial presidential delegations exist in those provinces where the regional capital is located; its functions were merged with those of the regional presidential delegate. The country's provinces are further divided into 346 communes which are administered by an alcalde and municipal council .
The fjords and temperate rainforest of Pumalín Park Virgin temperate rainforest in Pumalín Park Pumalín Park is situated on the upper right corner of the map. Pumalín Douglas Tompkins National Park (Spanish: Parque nacional Pumalín Douglas Tompkins) [1] is a 402,392-hectare (1,000,000-acre) [2] national park in the Palena Province of Chile, created by Tompkins Conservation, which was ...
According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Palena spans an area of 2,763.7 km 2 (1,067 sq mi) and has 1,690 inhabitants (904 men and 786 women), making the commune an entirely rural area. The population grew by 2.2% (37 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses. [2]
Map showing the territorial dispute and its resolution in 1966. The Alto Palena-Encuentro River border dispute was a territorial dispute between the Argentine Republic and the Republic of Chile over the demarcation of the boundary between landmarks XVI and XVII of their common border [1] [2] [3] in the valleys located north of General Vintter/Palena Lake (formerly General Paz Lake), [4] [5 ...
Chaitén (/ tʃ aɪ ˈ t ɛ n /, chy-TEN) is a Chilean town, commune and former capital of the Palena Province in Los Lagos Region. The town is north of the mouth of Yelcho River, on the east coast of the Gulf of Corcovado. The town is strategically close to the northern end of the Carretera Austral, where the highway goes inland.