Castro
Appearance
Castro | |
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Coordinates (city): 42°28′S 73°48′W / 42.467°S 73.800°W | |
Country | Chile |
Region | Los Lagos |
Province | Chiloé |
Founded as | Santiago de Castro |
Founded | 12 February 1567 |
Government | |
• Type | Municipality |
• Alcalde | Nelson Águila Serpa (DC) |
Area | |
• Total | 427.5 km2 (165.1 sq mi) |
Elevation | 130 m (430 ft) |
Population (2012 Census)[2] | |
• Total | 41,667 |
• Density | 97/km2 (250/sq mi) |
• Urban | 29,148 |
• Rural | 10,218 |
Demonym | Castreño / a |
Sex | |
• Men | 19,325 |
• Women | 20,041 |
Time zone | UTC−4 (CLT) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−3 (CLST) |
Area code | 56 + 65 |
Website | www |
Castro is a Chilean city with 39.366 inhabitants (2002 census).
History
[change | change source]Castro was discovered by the Spanish conqueror Martín Ruiz de Gamboa on 1567.
Sights
[change | change source]Castro is well known for its palafitos, traditional wooden stilt houses that are common on the Chiloé Island. Some of them are preserved in the west of the town in a bay named Fiordo de Castro.
In Gamboa, there is also an interesting wooden chapel.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Municipality of Castro" (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 January 2011.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "National Statistics Institute" (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 December 2010.
Other websites
[change | change source]Wikimedia Commons has media related to Castro.
- Castro municipality (in Spanish)
- History & Legends of Castro