Punta Arenas

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Punta Arenas

Saundy Pynt, Magallanes
Ceety, Port an Commune
Montage o Punta Arenas
Montage o Punta Arenas
Coat of airms o Punta Arenas
Coat airms
Comuna de Punta Arenas.svg
Punta Arenas is located in Chile
Punta Arenas
Punta Arenas
Location in Chile
Coordinates (city): 53°10′S 70°56′W / 53.167°S 70.933°W / -53.167; -70.933Coordinates: 53°10′S 70°56′W / 53.167°S 70.933°W / -53.167; -70.933
Kintra Chile
Region Magallanes y Antártica Chilena
ProvinceMagallanes
Foondit asPunta Arenas
Foondation18 December 1848
Govrenment
 • TeepMunicipality
 • AlcaldeClaudio Radonich (Naitional Renewal)
Area
 • Total17846.3 km2 (6,890.5 sq mi)
Elevation
34 m (112 ft)
Population
 (2012 Census)[3]
 • Total127,454
 • Density7.1/km2 (18/sq mi)
 • Urban
116005
 • Rural
3491
Demonym(s)Puntarenian
Sex
 • Men60,616 (2002)
 • Weemen58,880 (2002)
Time zoneUTC−4 (CLT)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−3 (CLST)
Area code(s)56 + 61
ClimateCfc
WebsiteOffeecial wabsteid (in Spaingie)

Punta Arenas (or Saundy Pynt in Scots) is the caipital ceety o Chile's soothrenaist region, Magallanes an Antartica Chilena.

References[eedit | eedit soorce]

  1. ↑ "Asociación Chilena de Municipalidades" (in Spainish). Retrieved 27 Januar 2011.
  2. ↑ "Municipality of Punta Arenas" (in Spainish). Retrieved 27 Januar 2011.
  3. ↑ a b c "National Statistics Institute" (in Spainish). Retrieved 27 Januar 2010.
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