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| Amanecer en la Capital del turismo Punta Arenas - Foto: Juan Pablo Navarrete |
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This one located to 53 ° 10 ' S 70 ° 56 ' W, in the Peninsula of Brunswick and on the banks of the Strait of Magellan, in the Patagonia. Founded on the former emplacement of Fort Bulnes on December 18, 1848.
Before the opening of the Canal of Panama in 1914 it was the principal port in the navigation trough the oceans Pacific Ocean and The Atlantic Ocean on having been located in the Strait of Magellan.
Top Sands is the most populated and cosmopolitan city of the Chilean Patagonia, inside it they find all the services and comforts of the cities of minor latitudes. The quality of life is good enough, taking in the distance of the city counts to the big centers of supply, which it does that some products that are not of the zone, as any vegetables, have major price.
Geography and climate
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Top Sands places inside an environment of pampas magallanica, suitably for the baby of cattle. The vegetation is classified inside the range of cold Forest, similar to those who exist in Europe.
The climate in fall is inside the range of esteparico rainy cold and nivoso without dry station, with winter snow. The temperatures reach an average of 9°C in the summer months, whereas in the winter epoch they get down even them 0°C in average. The rainfalls are distributed uniformly throughout the whole year, reaching 425 mm. The snowfalls are frequent most of the year, as well as the frosts. The cold winds are frequent and can rub 70 km / hour. The minims in winter months easily fall down under the-15 ° C.
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