Llanquihue Province ( es, Provincia de Llanquihue) is one of four

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of the

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of Los Lagos (X). Its capital is Puerto Montt. Chile's second largest lake,

Lake Llanquihue Lake Llanquihue is the second-largest lake in Chile with an area of about , after Lake General Carrera which shared with Argentina. It is situated in the southern Los Lagos Region in the Llanquihue and Osorno provinces. The lake's fan-like form ...

, is located in the province as well as four volcanoes: Osorno,

Calbuco Calbuco is a city and commune in southern Chile administered by the Municipality of Calbuco. Administratively Calbuco belongs to the Llanquihue Province of Los Lagos Region. The origin of the city was the Spanish Fort Calbuco founded in 1603, an ...

, Puntiagudo and Cerro Tronador.

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settlement of Llanquihue began in 1852 when

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were encouraged to immigrate to southern Chile. A century later in 1945 a new wave of

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refugees came from Germany.Colonización alemana en Llanquihue
The region is well known for the beauty of its natural environment as well as for the food and seafood from the ports of Puerto Montt and

Administration

As a province, Llanquihue is a second-level

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of Chile, governed by a municipality for each constituent

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(

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: ''comuna''). Puerto Montt is the provincial

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. The provincial governor is Francisco Le-Bretón as appointed by the

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Communes

Cochamó Cochamó is a Chilean town and commune located in Llanquihue Province, Los Lagos Region. The capital of the commune is the town of ''Río Puelo'', which is named after the Puelo River. History This sprawling commune was established in 1979; its ...

* Fresia *

Frutillar Frutillar is a city and commune located in southern Chile, Chilean Patagonia, in Llanquihue Province, within the Los Lagos Region, the lake district. The bay of Frutillar is placed on the banks of Lake Llanquihue, the largest lake entirely within ...

* Llanquihue *

Los Muermos Los Muermos is a city and commune in Llanquihue Province, Los Lagos Region in southern Chile. Demographics According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Los Muermos spans an area of and has 16,964 inhabitants (8,939 men and 8 ...

Maullín Maullín is Chilean town and commune in Llanquihue Province which is part of Los Lagos Region. The commune is located in at the outflow of Maullín River. History In 1674, there was a group of soldiers Basques in the present position of the commu ...

* Puerto Montt *

Puerto Varas Puerto Varas, also known as "La ciudad de las rosas" or “the city of roses”, is a city and commune located in the southern Chilean province of Llanquihue, in the Los Lagos Region. The city is famous for its German traditions, its natural env ...

Geography and demography

According to the 2002 census by the

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(''INE''), the province spans an area of and had a population of 321,493 inhabitants (162,636 men and 158,857 women), giving it a population density of . Of these, 232,962 (72.5%) lived in urban areas and 88,531 (27.5%) in rural areas. Between the 1992 and 2002 censuses, the population grew by 22.4% (58,931 persons).

Cities

* Puerto Montt *

* Llanquihue * Fresia *

References

{{Authority control Provinces of Los Lagos Region Provinces of Chile