Puerto Chacabuco

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Puerto Chacabuco

Total population

1,239

Coordinates-45.46°, -72.82°

Demographic figures from INE Chile. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Puerto Chacabuco is a Chilean town in Aisén commune. Administratively it belongs to Aysén Province in Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Region and is located at the head of Aisén Fjord. It is the main port of the region, a port of call for ships sailing to the Laguna San Rafael National Park and the terminus of a Navimag ferry service from Puerto Montt. The town is the site of important fish and shellfish processing plants. From the 1990s up to August 2003 there were plans for building an aluminium smelter in the town.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.