Punta Arenas (chl)

Punta Arenas

Punta Arenas ranks 3,799th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Rieti, Walla Walla, Washington, and Montdidier, Somme. Memorable people born in Punta Arenas include Gabriel Boric, Atilio Cremaschi, and Mario Galindo. Memorable people who died in Punta Arenas include Cristina Calderón, and Henry Worsley. Punta Arenas has been the birth place of many soccer players, and politicians and the death place of many writers, and explorers. Punta Arenas is located in Chile.

Punta Arenas is the capital city of Chile's southernmost region, Magallanes and Antarctica Chilena. Although officially renamed as Magallanes in 1927, the name was changed back to Punta Arenas in 1938. The city is the largest south of the 46th parallel south and the most populous southernmost city in Chile and the Americas. Due to its location, it is also the coldest coastal city with more than 100,000 inhabitants in Latin America. Punta Arenas is one of the world's most southerly ports and serves as an Antarctic gateway city. Punta Arenas is the world's southernmost city with more than 100,000 inhabitants and claims the title of southernmost city in the world, although this title is also claimed by Ushuaia in Argentina, which lies farther south but is slightly smaller than Punta Arenas. Read more on Wikipedia