PLACE
Puerto Montt, Chile
Puerto Montt, the capital of the Region of Los Lagos, is located
1.044 kilometers south of Santiago. It has an estimated population
of 175,000 inhabitants and a surface area of 1,673 km2.
By air, Puerto Montt is connected to Santiago by daily flights,
which take about two hours.
The AQUA SUR fair will be held, as of this VI version,
in a site especially chosen for this objective. The place is located
on Route 5, 5 km to the north of Puerto Montt. The new home for
AQUA SUR is a 55,000 m2 site, which may be easily accessed, whether
coming from Puerto Montt or Puerto Varas. The space allows for wide
parking lots for more than 1,000 automobiles.
The region has an ocean climate, cool and humid, with annual temperatures
averaging between 10 and 13º C and precipitations of 1,200
to 3,000 mm per year, owing to the special marine influence. In
March temperatures vary between 9º C (43º F) and 19º
C (64º F).
The main economic activity in the region is salmon farming, and
the area is referred to as the “salmon capital.” Agriculture
is also important with the farming of potatoes, rapeseed, oats,
and sugar beets, among others. The forestry sector is concentrated
in native species: coigüe, alerce (larch), cypress, lenga (South
American beech), and raulí (evergreen beech). Finally, tourism
is highly favored as the region has plentiful natural resources
such as lakes, rivers, fjords, canals, bays, estuaries, volcanoes,
hot springs, waterfalls, and snow. Its cultural and gastronomic
identity is an added attraction for tourists to the region.
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