Puyuhuapi
Puyuhuapi | |
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Town (Pueblo) | |
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| Country | Chile |
| Region | Aysén |
| Province | Aysén |
| Commune | Cisnes |
| Established | 8 |
| Population (2007) | |
• Total | 826 |
Puyuhuapi (Puyuguapi) is a village in southern Chile in the Aysén Region. It is located on Route 7, the Carretera Austral, where the Rio Pascal enters the head of the Puyuhuapi fjord, a small fjord off the Ventisquero Sound.[1] Its harbor on the fjord is called Puerto Puyuhuapi.[2] Puyuhuapi is administratively in the Chilean commune of Cisnes.[1] In the 2002 census it had a population of 535, but by 2007 it had grown to 826.[1] Just southwest of the village are the Puyuhuapi hot springs.[3] The government invited German settlement in the village, which was founded by Sudeten German settlers from Hranice (former German name Rossbach) in present-day Czech Republic and Mapuches from Chiloé Archipelago. German settlers gave temporary work to the Mapuches in the area, and then they settled with their families, which gave rise to a mestizo population.[4][5][6][7]
It is served by Puyuhuapi Airport.
Among the local handicrafts are hand-made jerseys.[3]
In popular culture
[edit | edit source]Puyuhuapi was featured in the 2014 Patagonia Special episode of Top Gear, and in 2019 on DW News's documentary "On route 7 into the heart of Patagonia"
Notes and references
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- ^ Puerto Puyuguapi (Approved – N) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
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- ^ Casa Ludwig: History
- ^ Casa Ludwig: Nature and Population
- ^ Puyuhuapi Lodge: Community
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