Villa Las Estrellas
settlement owned by Chile in Antarctica
Villa Las Estrellas (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈbiʝa las esˈtɾeʝas]; Spanish for The Stars Village or Hamlet of the Stars) is a permanently inhabited outpost on King George Island within the Chilean Antarctic claim, the Chilean Antarctic Territory, and also within the Argentine and British Antarctic claims.
The Chilean government considers it to be in the commune of Antártica, in the province of Antártica Chilena, in the región of Magallanes and Chilean Antartica.
It is located on President Eduardo Frei Montalva Base, a research station. It is the larger one of only two civilian settlements on Antarctica (the other being Argentina's Esperanza Base). It has a summer population of 150 and a winter population of 80.
History
The town was populated on February 15, 1984, and founded on April 9, 1984. The Villa Las Estrellas F-50 Antarctic School was inaugurated the same day. Over time a civil registry, post office, bank, library, church, pier and hospital were inaugurated.
Juan Pablo Camacho, born in the town in 1984, was the first Chilean born in Antarctic territory. In a ceremony at La Moneda on November 24, he was awarded with life insurance and financial support for his studies by Augusto Pinochet.
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