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Encyclopedia > Antártica Chilena Province

Antártica Chilena Province is a province of Chile in the southernmost region, Magellanes, being one of four provinces in that region. The capital is Puerto Williams. The province is about 1 250 000 km² in area, which makes it almost twice as large as all other provinces of Chile combined. The province is divided into two municipalities (comunas): Chile is divided into thirteen regions, each of which is headed by an intendant (intendente). ... ... Puerto Williams is a small Chilean port, located on Isla Navarino facing the Beagle Channel. ... The Republic of Chile is a country located on the southwestern coast of South America. ... A municipality or general-purpose district (compare with: special-purpose district) is an administrative local area generally composed of a clearly defined territory and commonly referring to a city, town, or village government. ...

  • comuna de Cabo de Hornos (formerly Navarino, capital Puerto Williams), area 14 146 km2, population as of census 2002: 2 262, of which 1 952 are in the capital
  • comuna de la Antártica (capital Puerto Covadonga, which is the civilian name for the Base General Bernardo O’Higgins Riquelme, the main Antarctic base of Chile), area 1 236 000 km2, population: see below


Only the "comuna de Cabo de Hornos", consisting of a few islands in the North of province, North of the Drake Strait, South of Tierra del Fuego, including the island of Navarino where the provincial capital Puerto Williams is located on the Beagle Channel 15 km across from Ushuaia, is undisputedly recognised as part of Chile. The Drake Passage is the body of water between the southern tip of South America at Cape Horn and Antarctica. ... Tierra del Fuego (Spanish: land of fire) is an archipelago at the southernmost tip of South America. ... There are also Pylos in Ilia including Pylos Ilias and Pyrgos Trifylias which are both archaeological sites Pylos (Greek Πύλος) is the name of a bay and a town on the west coast of the Peloponnese, in the district of Messenia in southern Greece. ... Beagle Channel is a strait separating islands of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago, in extreme southern South America. ... Ushuaia is the southernmost city in the world. ...



The "comuna de la Antártica", which encompasses most of the the area of the province, is disputed, as it forms the Chilean sector of Antarctica, stretching to the South Pole, which is generally unrecognised as part of Chile, being subject to the Antarctic Treaty. It is practically uninhabited except for research stations of various countries, although Chile attempts to give the appearance of permanent habitation at the "capital" Puerto Covadonga, by the presence of women and children, and a small school, in order to support its territorial claim of the area. The official population figure for the area as of the census 2002 is given as 130 (115 male, 15 female). This does not include the staff of non-Chilean bases in the area. World map showing location of Antarctica A satellite composite image of Antarctica For the Kim Stanley Robinson novel see Antarctica (novel) Antarctica (from Greek ἀνταρκτικός, opposite the arctic) is a continent surrounding the Earths South Pole. ... The ceremonial South Pole. ... For the Antarctic Treaty from the Gundam anime, see Antarctic Treaty (Gundam) The Antarctic Treaty and related agreements, collectively called the Antarctic Treaty System or ATS, regulate the international relations with respect to Antarctica, Earths only uninhabited continent. ...



 

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