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Quellón
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Also known as Quellon

Quellón is a Chilean port city and commune in Chiloé Province, in southern Chiloé Island, Los Lagos Region. It is one of the southern end-stations of the Panamerican Highway and the Pacific Coast Highway. The city is a hub for aquaculture and fisheries in southern Chiloé and the Guaitecas and Chonos archipelagoes to the south. Various ferry lanes connects Quellón with the Patagonian settlements such as Melinka, Puerto Cisnes and Puerto Chacabuco.

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Quellón
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City and Commune
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Aerial view of Quellón by 2016
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Flag
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Location of the Quellón commune in Los Lagos Region
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Location of the Quellón commune in Los Lagos Region
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Chile
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city
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Chile

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Wikidata facts

Country
Chile
Area
3244.0
Elevation
5
Official website
muniquellon.cl
Image
Beautiful Quellon.JPG
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Commons category
Quellón
inception
1905-01-01
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Encyclopedic overview

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Quellón is a Chilean port city and commune in Chiloé Province, in southern Chiloé Island, Los Lagos Region. It is one of the southern end-stations of the Panamerican Highway and the Pacific Coast Highway. The city is a hub for aquaculture and fisheries in southern Chiloé and the Guaitecas and Chonos archipelagoes to the south. Various ferry lanes connects Quellón with the Patagonian settlements such as Melinka, Puerto Cisnes and Puerto Chacabuco.

In Quellón the majority of men work on small boats called "lanchas" for days at a time fishing. Also many men and women work in local seafood processing plants.

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

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