
Cabo de Hornos (''
Cape Horn
Cape Horn (, ) is the southernmost headland of the Tierra del Fuego archipelago of southern Chile, and is located on the small Hornos Island. Although not the most southerly point of South America (which is Águila Islet), Cape Horn marks the nor ...
'') is a
Chile
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an
commune located in the south of
Tierra del Fuego
Tierra del Fuego (, ; Spanish for "Land of Fire", rarely also Fireland in English) is an archipelago off the southernmost tip of the South America, South American mainland, across the Strait of Magellan.
The archipelago consists of the main is ...
archipelago
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, in
Antártica Province,
Magallanes Region
The Magallanes Region (), officially the Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena Region () or Magallanes and the Chilean Antarctica Region in English, is one of Chile's 16 first order administrative divisions. It is the southernmost, largest, and sec ...
. The municipality of Cabo de Hornos, located in the town of
Puerto Williams
Puerto Williams (; Spanish language, Spanish for "Port Williams") is a city, port and naval base on Navarino Island in Chile. It faces the Beagle Channel. It is the Capital city, capital of Antártica Chilena Province, the Chilean Antarctic Provin ...
, also administers the
Antártica
Antártica is a Chilean commune in Antártica Chilena Province, Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena Region, which covers all the Chilean Antarctic Territory (the territory in Antarctica claimed by Chile). It ranges from 53°W to 90°W and from t ...
commune. It is named for
Cabo de Hornos, or "Cape Horn", the southern tip of South America.
Demographics
According to the 2002
census
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of the
National Statistics Institute, Cabo de Hornos spans an area of and has 2,262 inhabitants (1,403 men and 859 women). Of these, 1,952 (86.3%) lived in
urban area
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s and 310 (13.7%) in
rural area
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s. The population grew by 24.7% (448 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses.
Administration
As a commune, Cabo de Hornos is a third-level
administrative division of Chile
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administered by a
municipal council
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, headed by an
alcalde
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who is directly elected every four years. The 2016-2020 alcalde is Patricio Fernández (
PDC). The communal council has the following members:
Daniel Fernando Valdebenito Contreras (PS) Ángela Barría Barrientos (RN) Juan Velásquez (PS) Carolina Guenel González (DC) Francis Delgado Ibaceta (RN) Paola Speake Ojeda (DC)
Within the
electoral divisions of Chile
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# Chamber of Deputies of Chile, Chamber of Deputies and Senate of Chile, Senate: Chile is divided into electoral districts and senatorial constituencies for ...
, Cabo de Hornos is represented in the
Chamber of Deputies
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Description
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by Juan Morano (
PDC) and
Gabriel Boric
Gabriel Boric Font (; born 11 February 1986) is a Chilean politician and the President of Chile since 2022. He previously served two four-year terms as a deputy in the Chamber of Deputies of Chile, Chamber of Deputies.
Boric first gained prom ...
(
Ind.) as part of the 60th electoral district, which includes the entire
Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena Region. The commune is represented in the
Senate
A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...
by Carlos Bianchi Chelech (Ind.) and Carolina Goic (
PDC) as part of the 19th senatorial constituency (Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena Region).
See also
*
Murray Channel
References
Cabo de Hornos commune (Chile). 2006
External links
*
Official website of the Municipality of Cabo de HornosOfficial website of Puerto WilliamsGobierno Regional Magallanes y Antártica ChilenaOfficial website (in Spanish)
Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve
{{Communes in Magallanes Region
Communes of Chile
Populated places in Antártica Chilena