Puyuhuapi (Puyuguapi) is a village in southern Chile in the Aysén Region. It is located on Route 7, the Carretera Austral, where the Rio Pascal enters the head of the Puyuhuapi fjord, a small fjord off the Ventisquero Sound. [1] Its harbor on the fjord is called Puerto Puyuhuapi. [2] Puyuhuapi is administratively in the Chilean commune of Cisnes. [1] In the 2002 census it had a population of 535, but by 2007 it had grown to 826. [1] Just southwest of the village are the Puyuhuapi hot springs. [3] The government invited German settlement in the village, which was founded by Sudeten German settlers from Hranice (former German name Rossbach) in present-day Czech Republic and Mapuches from Chiloé Archipelago. German settlers gave temporary work to the Mapuches in the area, and then they settled with their families, which gave rise to a mestizo population. [4] [5] [6] [7]
It is served by Puyuhuapi Airport.
Among the local handicrafts are hand-made jerseys. [3]
In popular culture
Puyuhuapi was featured in the 2014 Patagonia Special episode of Top Gear, and in 2019 on DW News's documentary "On route 7 into the heart of Patagonia"
Notes and references
- ^ a b c "Puerto Puyuhuapi" (in Spanish). Municipalidad de Cisnes. Archived from the original on 8 August 2007.
- ^ Puerto Puyuguapi (Approved - N) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
- ^ a b "Puyuhuapi". Visit Chile. Archived from the original on 23 July 2014.
- ^ Casa Ludwig: History
- ^ Casa Ludwig: Nature and Population
- ^ Puyuhuapi Lodge: Community
- ^ "Puyuhuapi History and Legends". InterPatagonia. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
