Coyhaique
Sign in to saveCoyhaique (), also spelled Coihaique in Patagonia, is the capital city of both the Coyhaique Province and the Aysén Region of Chile. Founded by settlers in 1929, it is a young city. Until the twentieth century, Chile showed little interest in exploiting the remote Aisén region. It lies east of the Andes mountain range, in Chilean Patagonia, at an average altitude of 310 m above sea level, at the confluence of the Simpson and Coyhaique rivers.
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Coyhaique is the capital city of the Aysén Region in southern Chile, founded in 1929 as a relatively young settlement located in remote Patagonia at the confluence of two rivers. It represents Chile's twentieth-century efforts to develop and settle the previously neglected area east of the Andes Mountains.
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17 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Occupation of the territory
- Creation of Balmaceda
- Regional capital
- Geography
- Climate
- Demographics
- Administration
- Society and culture
- Economy
- Renewable Energy
- International Relations
- Transport and tourism
- Pollution
- References
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Coyhaique (), also spelled Coihaique in Patagonia, is the capital city of both the Coyhaique Province and the Aysén Region of Chile. Founded by settlers in 1929, it is a young city. Until the twentieth century, Chile showed little interest in exploiting the remote Aisén region. It lies east of the Andes mountain range, in Chilean Patagonia, at an average altitude of 310 m above sea level, at the confluence of the Simpson and Coyhaique rivers.
The city was founded on October 12, 1929 under the name Baquedano, in honor of the Chilean general Manuel Baquedano. Its name was changed to the current one in 1934 to distinguish it from another locality of the same name in the Antofagasta Region. Its establishment aimed to facilitate the colonization of the area, as well as to support the operations of the Sociedad Industrial de Aysén, which had maintained its facilities in the locality since 1906—currently protected as a National Historic Monument.