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Magallanes Province
Magallanes Province is part of the Magallanes y la Antartica Chilena Region, located on the Northern coast of the Strait of Magellan, its capital city is Punta Arenas, being its upper limit Ultima Esperanza and Tierra del Fuego its southern one. It has an area of 36,995 km and a population of 118,243 inhabitants, according to INE's 2002 census.
This is the main terrestrial and aerial entry point to the southernmost region in Chile. Either coming from Argentina, via Rio Gallegos by car, or by plane, arriving at the Carlos Ibanez del Campo airport.
On this province there are several touristic places, such as Port Famine, Fuerte Bulnes, two penguin colonies and the first marine park in the country.
It consists of four comunas: Punta Arenas, Rio Verde, Laguna Blanca and San Gregorio.
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