Not to be confused with Cabo de Hornos, or
Cape Horn
, the southern tip of South America.
Commune in Magallanes y Antartica Chilena, Chile
Cabo de Hornos Municipality in Puerto Williams.
Cabo de Hornos
(
Cape Horn
) is a
Chilean
commune
located in the south of
Tierra del Fuego
archipelago
, in
Antartica Province
,
Magallanes Region
. The municipality of Cabo de Hornos, located in the town of
Puerto Williams
, also administers the
Antartica
commune. It is named for
Cabo de Hornos, or "Cape Horn", the southern tip of South America
.
Demographics
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According to the 2002
census
of the
National Statistics Institute
, Cabo de Hornos spans an area of 15,853.7 km
2
(6,121 sq mi) and has 2,262 inhabitants (1,403 men and 859 women). Of these, 1,952 (86.3%) lived in
urban areas
and 310 (13.7%) in
rural areas
. The population grew by 24.7% (448 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses.
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Administration
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As a commune, Cabo de Hornos is a third-level
administrative division of Chile
administered by a
municipal council
, headed by an
alcalde
who is directly elected every four years. The 2016-2020 alcalde is Patricio Fernandez (
PDC
). The communal council has the following members:
Daniel Fernando Valdebenito Contreras (PS) Angela Barria Barrientos (RN) Juan Velasquez (PS) Carolina Guenel Gonzalez (DC) Francis Delgado Ibaceta (RN) Paola Speake Ojeda (DC)
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Within the
electoral divisions of Chile
, Cabo de Hornos is represented in the
Chamber of Deputies
by Juan Morano (
PDC
) and
Gabriel Boric
(
Ind.
) as part of the 60th electoral district, which includes the entire
Magallanes y la Antartica Chilena Region
. The commune is represented in the
Senate
by Carlos Bianchi Chelech (Ind.) and Carolina Goic (
PDC
) as part of the 19th senatorial constituency (Magallanes y la Antartica Chilena Region).
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