Porvenir (Chile)

Porvenir on the map of Chile

Porvenir ( Spanish " future" ) is both the largest Chilean settlement on Tierra del Fuego and the largest municipality of the province of Tierra del Fuego and their administrative headquarters.

The settlement Porvenir in Chile has the status of a Pueblo, which can be translated with small town. The city itself had loud census in the year 2002 4.734 inhabitants in an area of 2.63 km ². Porvenir is connected by a ferry across the Strait of Magellan with the Chilean mainland and the city of Punta Arenas. Located just outside the city harbor called Bahía Chilota. The city has an airport. Porvenir was founded on 20 June 1894 after immigrants from Croatia and Chiloé Island came to Tierra del Fuego as a result of short-term gold rush. Therefore, there are still Croatian surname among the local population.

Tourist visiting the Nature Park Monumento Natural Laguna de los Cisnes is recommended and the Historical Museum of the city. 80 km south of the city, the Alberto De Agostini National Park. Here lie the vast calving glacier De Agostini and Marinelli.

Parque Yugoslavo

Port

Church of Sts. Francisco de Sales