Carelmapu | |
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 Church of Carelmapu | |
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| Coordinates:41°44′45″S73°42′23″W / 41.74583°S 73.70639°W /-41.74583; -73.70639 | |
| Region | Los Lagos |
| Province | Llanquihue |
| Municipality | Maullín |
| Commune | Maullín |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal |
| • Alcade | Jorge Westermeier Estrada |
| Elevation | 5 m (16 ft) |
| Population (2002[1]) | |
• Total | 2,903 |
| Time zone | UTC−04:00 (Chilean Standard) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−03:00 (Chilean Daylight) |
| Area code | Country + town = 56 + 65 |
Carelmapu (lit. fromMapudungun "Green Land") is a port and town (Spanish:pueblo) at the western end ofChacao Channel,southern Chile. Carelmapu was established by the Spanish in 1602 as San Antonio Ribera de Carelmapu following theDestruction of Seven Cities. In 1643 Carelmapu was sacked and its church vandalized by the Dutch corsairHendrick Brouwer.[2][3] On March 6, 1676 Carelmapu received the exhausted survivors ofPascual de Iriarte's expedition to theStrait of Magellan.[4]
Duringcolonial times Carelmapu was the site of a small fort system made up of Fuerte de Carelmapu just west of Carelmapu, the sentinel outpost of Astillero and thebattery of Coronel. The last two were not located in Carelmapu proper but further east along the northern shores ofChacao Channel. The original Fuerte de Carelmapu was built in wood in 1603. At present remnants of it can be found in a deteriorated state.[5]
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