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Puyehue National Park

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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.

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Classification
Governance Type
Governance by Government 1
Realm
Terrestrial 1
International Designation
UNESCO Biosphere Reserve 1
Governing Body
Corporación Nacional Forestal 1
Sources
1. Puyehue National Park (Wikipedia)
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  • 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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