Coyhaique, Chile, South America
Year 1929 latitude: ° 0' longitude: ° 0' Period Initiator(s) Planning organization Nationality initiator(s) Designer(s) / Architect(s) Design organization Inhabitants 42,000 Target population Town website Town related links Literature type of New Town: > scale of autonomy New-Town-in-Town Satellite New Town Company Town > client Private Corporation Public Corporation > policy Capital Decentralization Industrialization Resettlement Economic
Coyhaique is located 68 kilometers to the east of Puerto Aysen on the confluence of the river Rio Simpson and Rio Coyhauque. From 1974 it has been the Capital of the XI Region of Chile. It has a very important commercial activity. All the public and institutional buildings are located around a square . The urban outline of Coyhaique is in the form of the boot of a huaso, the town square is in the form of a pentagon. source: http://www.travelvantage.com/chi_cru_skorpios1.html
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