Puerto Natales
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The entry is geolocated on the map in MA.
It is catalogued under topics including Capitals of Chilean provinces, Populated places established in 1911 and Populated places in the fjords and channels of Chile.
Its subject is documented across 36 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Country
- Chile
- Region
- Magallanes y Antártica Chilena
- Province
- Última Esperanza
- Commune
- Natales
- Type
- Municipality
- Alcalde
- Fernando Paredes Mansilla ( UDI )
- Total
- 48,974.2 km (18,909.0 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 3 m (9.8 ft)
- Density
- 0.37785/km (0.97863/sq mi)
- Rural
- 2,138
- Men
- 10,068
- Women
- 9,048
- Time zone
- UTC−3 ( CLST )
- Area code
- 56 + 61
- Website
- www.muninatales.cl
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Puerto Natales
- Country
- Chile
- Located in
- Natales
- Continent
- South America
- Population
- 21477
- Area
- 48974
- Elevation
- 3
- Time zone
- UTC−03:00
- Capital of
- Natales
- Official website
- portal.muninatales.cl
- Image
- IMG 1884Puerto Natales.jpg
- Dialing code
- 61
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- Ulan-Ude
- Commons category
- Puerto Natales
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- Puerto Natales
- native label
- Puerto Natales
- inception
- 1911-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Puerto Natales is a city in Chilean Patagonia. It is the capital of both the commune of Natales and the province of Última Esperanza, one of the four provinces that make up the Magallanes and Antartica Chilena Region in the southernmost part of Chile. Puerto Natales is the only city in the province. It is located 247 km (153 mi) northwest of Punta Arenas. It is the final passenger port of call for the Navimag ferry sailing from Puerto Montt into the Señoret Channel as well as the primary transit point for travellers to Torres del Paine National Park, Chile.
It is located at the opening of Última Esperanza Sound and was originally inhabited by the Kawésqar or Alacaluf people and the Aoniken or Tehuelche people. The first Europeans to visit the area where the city is located were the expeditionaries led by Juan Ladrillero, a Spanish explorer who was looking for the Strait of Magellan's western passage in 1557.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Puerto Natales” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.