Punta Arenas

Summary

Punta Arenas is a city in Chile^[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of city_in_chile entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,091 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Punta Arenas is located in Punta Arenas^[3].
• Punta Arenas is in the country of Chile^[4].
• Punta Arenas's head of government is recorded as Claudio Andrés Radonich Jiménez^[5].
• Punta Arenas's instance of is recorded as city in Chile^[6].
• Punta Arenas's instance of is recorded as big city^[7].
• Punta Arenas's official language is recorded as Spanish^[8].
• Punta Arenas's twinned administrative body is recorded as Bellingham^[9].
• Punta Arenas's twinned administrative body is recorded as Split^[10].
• Punta Arenas's twinned administrative body is recorded as Río Gallegos^[11].
• Punta Arenas's twinned administrative body is recorded as Río Grande^[12].
• Punta Arenas's twinned administrative body is recorded as Ushuaia^[13].
• Punta Arenas's postal code is recorded as 6200000^[14].
• Punta Arenas's Commons category is recorded as Punta Arenas^[15].
• Punta Arenas's located in time zone is recorded as UTC−03:00^[16].
• Punta Arenas's local dialing code is recorded as 61^[17].
• December 18, 1848 marks the founding of Punta Arenas^[18].
• Punta Arenas's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -53.1625, 'lon': -70.90805555555555}^[19].
• Punta Arenas's official website is recorded as https://www.puntaarenas.cl/^[20].
• Punta Arenas has a population of {'amount': '+116005'}^[21].
• Punta Arenas has a population of {'amount': '+123403'}^[22].
• Punta Arenas's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[23].
• Punta Arenas's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[24].
• Punta Arenas's capital of is recorded as Magellan and the Chilean Antarctic Region^[25].
• Punta Arenas's capital of is recorded as Magallanes Province^[26].
• Punta Arenas's capital of is recorded as Punta Arenas^[27].

Body

Geography

Punta Arenas is in the country of Chile^[4]. It is located in it^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Punta Arenas covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+37.62'}^[28]. It sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+34'}^[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+116005'}^[21] and {'amount': '+123403'}^[22].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city in Chile^[6] and big city^[7].

History and Context

December 18, 1848 marks the founding of Punta Arenas^[18].

Why It Matters

Punta Arenas ranks in the top 5% of city_in_chile entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,091 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30]