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Puyehue National Park

National Park

Puyehue National Park, in the Andes between the Los Rios and Los Lagos regions of Chile near Osorno, was established in 1941 and expanded in 1950 and 1981, now covering about 1,070 square kilometers around the Puyehue volcano, the Cordon Caulle and the Antillanca group. Long the most visited national park in Chile, drawing roughly 400,000 visitors a year, it is known for natural hot springs reaching about 42 degrees Celsius in its Aguas Calientes sector and forms part of the Temperate Rainy Forest Biosphere Reserve of the Southern Andes.

Facts
Designation Category
National Park 2
Established Year
1941 2
Area (sq km)
1067.5709 2
Governing Body
Corporación Nacional Forestal 1
Classification
Governance Type
Governance by Government 1
Realm
Terrestrial 1
International Designation
UNESCO Biosphere Reserve 1
Sources
1. Puyehue National Park (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Wikipedia lead extract, realm terrestrial
    Puyehue National Park (Spanish pronunciation: [puˈjewe]) is in the Andes mountain range, in Los Ríos and Los Lagos regions of Chile formerly referred to as the 10th region.
  • Wikipedia infobox, governing_body field
    Corporación Nacional Forestal
  • entity-description, international-designation unesco-biosphere-reserve
    Long the most visited national park in Chile, drawing roughly 400,000 visitors a year, it is known for natural hot springs reaching about 42 degrees Celsius in its Aguas Calientes sector and forms part of the Temperate Rainy Forest Biosphere Reserve of the Southern Andes.
  • Wikipedia infobox, governance-type government
    Corporación Nacional Forestal
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2. Wikidata: Puyehue National Park
  • Wikidata Q634183, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Wikidata P2046 (area), preferred/latest rank
  • Wikidata P31 (instance of) = Q46169
  • Wikidata Q634183 P571 inception
  • Part Of: Chile, Wikidata item, property P17 (country)
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Wikidata: Chile
On Continent: South America, Wikidata item for Chile, property P30 (continent)View the Source
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