Magallanes, Chilean Antarctica, Tierra del Fuego, Última Esperanza
Government
• Governor
Jorge Flies Añón (IND)
Area
[1]
• Total
132,291.1 km2 (51,077.9 sq mi)
• Rank
1
Highest elevation
3,623 m (11,886 ft)
Lowest elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Population
(2017 census)[1]
• Total
165,593
• Rank
15
• Density
1.3/km2 (3.2/sq mi)
GDP (PPP)
[2]
• Total
$3.021 billion (2014)
• Per capita
$18,447 (2014)
ISO 3166 code
CL-MA
HDI (2019)
0.864[3] very high
Website
Official website (in Spanish)
The Magallanes Region (locally[maɣaˈʝanes]), officially the Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena Region (Spanish: Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena),[4] is one of Chile's 16 first order administrative divisions. It is the southernmost, largest, and second least populated region of Chile. It comprises four provinces: Última Esperanza, Magallanes, Tierra del Fuego, and Antártica Chilena.
Magallanes's geographical features include Torres del Paine, Cape Horn, Tierra del Fuego island, and the Strait of Magellan. It also includes the Antarctic territory claimed by Chile. Despite its large area, much of the land in the region is rugged or closed off for sheep farming, and is unsuitable for settlement. 80% of the population lives in the capital Punta Arenas, a major market city and one of the main hubs for Antarctic exploration.
The main economic activities are sheep farming, oil extraction, and tourism. It is also the region with the lowest poverty level in Chile (5.8%); households in Magallanes have the highest income of any region in Chile.[5]
Since 2017, the region has had its own time zone. It uses the summer time for the whole year (UTC−3).[6]
^ ab"Magallanes & the Chilean Antarctic Region". Government of Chile Foreign Investment Committee. Retrieved 13 March 2010.[permanent dead link]
^Regions and Cities > Regional Statistics > Regional Economy > Regional GDP per Capita, OECD.Stats.
^"Sub-national HDI – Area Database". Global Data Lab. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
^"Decreto Ley 2339. Otorga denominación a la Región Metropolitana y a las regiones del país, en la forma que indica". Ley Chile (in Spanish). Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile. 10 October 1978. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
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^"DST changes in Windows for Magallanes (Chile)". support.microsoft.com. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
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