Tranqui is an island of the
Chiloé Archipelago
The Chiloé Archipelago ( es, Archipiélago de Chiloé, , ) is a group of islands lying off the coast of Chile, in the Los Lagos Region. It is separated from mainland Chile by the Chacao Channel in the north, the Sea of Chiloé in the east and t ...
in southern
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...
. It has three sectors: San Jose, Tranqui Nepué and Sentinel, all with small
population
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s. A significant part of its
forest
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still has not been touched by the
subsistence agriculture which forms the bulk of the province's
rural economy
Rural economics is the study of rural economies. Rural economies include both agricultural and non-agricultural industries, so rural economics has broader concerns than agricultural economics which focus more on food systems. Rural developmen ...
.
References
External links
GeographyResearch at Tranqui Island Rain Forest
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Islands of Chiloé Archipelago