Magallanes Region of Chile - Definition and Overview

XII Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena

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Capital	Punta Arenas
Intendant	Jaime Jelincic
Provinces (City) Antártica Chilena (Puerto Williams) Magallanes (Punta Arenas) Tierra del Fuego (Porvenir) Última Esperanza (Puerto Natales)	Governor Eduardo Barros Ana María Díaz Wilma Kalasich José Contreras
Area   - Total   - Land   - Water   - % water	Ranked xxx xxx km² xxx km² xxx km² xxx %
Population   - 2002 Census   - Density	Ranked xxx 150.826 xxx /km²
Latitude	xxx
Longitude	xxx
ISO 3166-2	CL-MA

XII Region of Magallanes and the Chilean Antarctica is the southernmost, largest and least populated region of Chile.

This region has many globally known places and geographical accidents like Torres del Paine, Cape Horn, Tierra del Fuego island, and the Strait of Magellan. Also it includes the Antarctic territory claimed by Chile.

The low population and vastness makes this region a good place for many native animal and plant species. There are relative easy to find penguins, ñandus, guanacos, condors, and other animals in their natural environment.

Main economic activities are bovine farming, oil extraction and tourism.

Seno Skyring

Southern Icefield

Old bovine farm of Rio Verde

Cerro sobrero 'oil-camp' in Tierra del Fuego

Regions of Chile
I Region of Tarapacá | II Region of Antofagasta | III Region of Atacama | IV Region of Coquimbo | V Region of Valparaíso | VI Region of Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins | VII Region of the Maule | VIII Region of the Biobío | IX Region of La Araucanía | X Region of Los Lagos | XI Region of Aisén of General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo | XII Region of Magallanes and the Chilean Antarctica
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