Natales

Natales (Spanish for "births") is a commune of the Última Esperanza Province in the Magallanes and Antartica Chilena Region of extreme southern Chile. Its capital and only port city is Puerto Natales.

Key facts

Settlement.official_name: Natales
Settlement.settlement_type: Commune
Settlement.image_skyline: Parroquia Maria Auxiliadora Puerto Natales.JPG
Settlement.image_caption: Cathedral of Puerto Natales
Settlement.flag_alt: Flag
Settlement.image_shield: Escudo de Natales.svg
Settlement.shield_alt: Coat of arms
Settlement.image_map: Comuna de Natales.svg
Settlement.map_alt: Location of the Natales commune in Magallanes Region
Settlement.pushpin_map: Chile
Settlement.pushpin_map_narrow: yes
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: bottom
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Chile
Settlement.coor_pinpoint: capital
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Province
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Última Esperanza

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: commune of Chile
Country: Chile
Located in: Última Esperanza Province
Continent: Americas
Capital: Puerto Natales
Official language: Spanish
Population: 21477
Area: 48974.2
Elevation: 3
Official website: www.muninatales.cl
Image: Puerto Natales - Church.jpg

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Commons category: Puerto Natales
native label: Natales

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

Geography
Demography
Administration
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==Geography== The commune's area spans , making it one of the largest communes in Chile, after only Antártica (which is, however, 25 times Natales' size), and larger than eleven of the country's 16 political regions. The Cueva del Milodón Natural Monument lies northwest of Puerto Natales.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Natales” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.