Puerto Montt

"Puerto Montt es una comuna del sur de Chile, capital de la provincia de Llanquihue y de la región de Los Lagos. La comuna de Puerto Montt tiene una población de 238 455 habitantes (censo 2012) y una superficie de 1673 km²; en ella reside aproximadamente un 27 % de la población de la región de Los Lagos. Se encuentra frente al seno de Reloncaví y cuenta con una bahía protegida en su costado occidental por la isla Tenglo. Por su ubicación estratégica, constituye el principal nexo con el archipiélago de Chiloé y con la Patagonia chilena (regiones de Aysén y de Magallanes), gracias a su aeropuerto internacional y base aérea El Tepual el segundo en importancia del país y su puerto marítimo. Con las comunas de Cochamó, Maullín y Calbuco, integra el Distrito Electoral N° 57 y pertenece a la 17ª Circunscripción Senatorial (Los Lagos sur)."

"Puerto Montt is a port city and commune in southern Chile, located at the northern end of the Reloncaví Sound in the Llanquihue Province, Los Lagos Region, 1,055 km to the south of the capital, Santiago. The commune spans an area of 1,673 km2 (646 sq mi) and had a population of 175,938 in 2002. It is bounded by the communes of Puerto Varas to the north, Cochamó to the east and southeast, Calbuco to the southwest and Maullín and Los Muermos to the west. Founded as late as 1853 during the German colonization of southern Chile, Puerto Montt soon outgrew older neighboring cities due to its strategic position at the southern end of the Chilean Central Valley being a gateway city into Chiloé Archipelago, Llanquihue and Nahuel Huapi lakes and Western Patagonia. Puerto Montt has gained renown and grown significantly due to the rise of Chile as the second largest salmon producer of the world during the 1990s and 2000s. However, the Chilean salmon aquaculture crisis of the late 2000s resulted at least temporarily in severe unemployment and exposed weaknesses in the local economy. The city's cultural heritage mixes elements of Chiloé culture with German heritage although the city has attracted a significant number of newcomers from all over Chile in the last 30 years due to employment opportunities."