woensdag 13 maart 2019

Magallanes and Chilean Antarctica - Chile

Magallanes and Chilean Antarctica is the southernmost and largest region of Chile, also the second lowest in population. Like most subdivisions in the world how bigger will be the population low, the region Aysén that bordered north have the lowest population and its slightly smaller then the region i write about now. Because of the rugged icy mountainous area and all those islands and fjords, the weather is mostly wet and cold. Around 165 thousand people live in an area of 132.297 km² (51,077.9 sq mi.) or the size of  Greece. But by treaty no nation can own Antarctica but like several other countries Chile claims an part of it, that area what they are claiming is huge. The size is 1.250.000 km² (482,628 sq mi) or around the size of Angola. That why they put Antarctica in the regions name to claim that area. The region is divided in four province's and this is there names.
1: Antartica Chilena and again that continent, the province is on two continents. An small portion of Tierra del Fuego and the rest you get the idea.
2: Tierra del Fuego the remaining part.
3: Magallanes is named after the Strait of Magellan an be found at the north shore.
4: Última Esperanza is named after an sound with the same name, its the northern part in the region.
So this give an idea about the region and lets take an look at their flag.


The flag is divided in two fields with an upper blue colour and an lower orange part. The colours are separated by an thin white line and that symbolizes the snow on the mountains. The blue field symbolize the sky and the constellation Southern Cross is an symbol of the position in the southern hemisphere. This small but bright constellation is also on flags like Australia, New Zealand or Brasil. The orange field symbolize the steppe ans also progress and the rich soil. The flag is adopted on 12 september 1996 and people of the region are proud of it. 

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