Puerto Chacabuco is aChilean town inAisén commune. Administratively it belongs toAysén Province inAysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Region and is located at the head ofAisén Fjord. It is the main port of the region, a port of call for ships sailing to theLaguna San Rafael National Park and the terminus of aNavimag ferry service fromPuerto Montt. The town is the site of important fish and shellfish processing plants.[2] From the 1990s up to August 2003 there were plans for buildingan aluminium smelter in the town.[3]
Puerto Chacabuco | |
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 Puerto Chacabuco, in the middle of the map | |
| Region | Aisén |
| Province | Aisén |
| Municipalidad | Aisén |
| Comuna | Aisén |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipalidad |
| • Alcade | Óscar Catalán Sánchez |
| Population (2017[1]) | |
• Total | 1,239 |
| Sex | |
| • Men | 619 |
| • Women | 620 |
| Time zone | UTC−04:00 (Chilean Standard) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−03:00 (Chilean Daylight) |
| Area code | Country + town = 56 + ? |
| Climate | Cfb |
Before the great burnings of the Patagonian forests and the eruption ofMount Hudson volcano in 1991Puerto Aisén was the main port in theAisén Fjord, but the ashes and eartherosion decreased the navigability ofAisén River and the port had to be moved further to the coast where Puerto Chacabuco now stands.
Puerto Chacabuco is named after thecorvetteChacabuco with whichEnrique Simpson explored the fjords and archipelagoes of Aysén Region in the 1870s. The ship is in turn named after theBattle of Chacabuco in 1817 during theChilean Independence War.
See also
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edit- ^ab"Ciudades, pueblos, aldeas y caceríos 2019"(PDF) (in Spanish). National Statistics Institute. 2019. RetrievedNovember 1, 2020.
- ^"Aysén: Pesca o aluminio".El Mostrador (in Spanish). 2003-01-23. Retrieved2023-04-18.
- ^"Proyecto para construir planta de aluminio en Aysén fue suspendido".Radio Cooperativa (in Spanish). 2003-08-14. Retrieved2023-04-18.
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