Patagonia (Chile) Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
region in Chile
About Patagonia (Chile)
This region is composed of two of Chile's fourteen political and territorial divisions: Aysén and Magallanes. The extreme south has a population of more than 200,000 inhabitants, the population of this area is mainly descended from Chilean immigrants, especially from Chiloé and other areas south of the Biobío, and from foreign immigrants of Croatian and Spanish origin or to a lesser extent from other European countries that colonized the area more than a century ago. The Croatian community settled in Punta Arenas, Magallanes. The massive arrival of Croats in Chile began in 1864 and migration grew steadily until 1956 to reach a number of more than 58,000 Croats living mainly in the extreme south of Chile. Large number of Sudeten German settlers from Hranice in presentCzech Republicsettled P
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