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{{Short description|Region of Chile}}
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| official_name           = Los Lagos Region
| native_name             = Región de Los Lagos
| native_name_lang        = es
| settlement_type         = [[Place:Regions of Chile|Region of Chile]]
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| seat_type               = Capital
| seat                    = Puerto Montt
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| subdivision_type        = [[Earth:List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name        = {{flag|Chile}}
| parts_type              = Provinces
| parts                   = Osorno, Llanquihue, Chiloé, [[Place:Palena Province|Palena]]
| leader_title            = Intendant
| leader_name             = Harry Jürgensen Caesar
| leader_party            = RN
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| image_caption           = Corcovado National Park
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| map_caption             = Map of Los Lagos Region
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| area_total_km2          = 48583.6
| area_footnotes          = <ref name="CINVER-LL">{{cite web |url= http://www.cinver.cl/english/chile/deloslagos.asp |title= Los Lagos Region |access-date= 13 March 2010 |publisher= Government of Chile Foreign Investment Committee }}{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
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| population_total        = 823204
| population_as_of        = 2017 census
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| population_rank         = 7 
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| demographics1_title1 = Total
| demographics1_info1 = $11.131 billion (2014)
| demographics1_title2 = Per capita
| demographics1_info2 = $12,335 (2014)
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| website                 = [http://www.goreloslagos.cl/ Official website] {{in lang|es}}
| iso_code                = [[ISO 3166-2:CL|CL-LL]]
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'''Los Lagos Region''' ({{lang-es|Región de Los Lagos}} {{IPA-es|los ˈlaɣos|pron}}, {{literal translation}} ''Region of the Lakes'') is one of [[Place:Regions of Chile|Chile's 16 regions]], which are first order [[Place:Administrative division|administrative division]]s, and comprises four provinces: Chiloé, Llanquihue, Osorno and [[Place:Palena Province|Palena]]. The region contains the country's second largest island, Chiloé, and the second largest lake, Llanquihue. Its capital is Puerto Montt; other important cities include Osorno, Castro, Ancud, and Puerto Varas. The mainland portion of Los Lagos Region south of Reloncaví Sound (Palena Province) is considered part of [[Place:Patagonia|Patagonia]].

Historically, the Huilliche have called this territory between Bueno River and Reloncaví Sound [[Biography:Futahuillimapu|Futahuillimapu]], meaning "great land of the south". The region hosts Monte Verde, one of the oldest archaeological sites of the Americas. The largest indigenous group of the region are the Huilliche who lived in the area before the arrival of the Spanish. The Spanish crown settled Chiloé Archipelago in 1567<ref name=hanisch>Hanisch, Walter. ''La Isla de Chiloé''. 1982. pp. 11–12.</ref> while the rest of the region begun to be slowly colonized by non-indigenous people only in the late 18th century. In the 1850s Germans arrived to colonize the shores of Llanquihue Lake under a Chilean state-sponsored program.

Los Lagos Region economy is dominated by the [[Finance:Tertiary sector of the economy|service sector]] but based in fishing, salmon aquaculture, forestry and [[Biology:Cattle|cattle]] farming. Tourism is economically important in The [[Place:Andes|Andes]] where ski resorts, [[Earth:Hot spring|hot spring]]s and recreational fishing are popular offers.

== Geography ==
The region is bordered on the north by [[Place:Los Ríos Region|Los Ríos Region]], on the south by Aisén Region, on the west by the [[Earth:Pacific Ocean|Pacific Ocean]] and on the east by {{wipe|Argentina}} (provinces of [[Place:Neuquén Province|Neuquén]], [[Place:Río Negro Province|Río Negro]] and [[Place:Chubut Province|Chubut]]). Wild environments can be seen along the coastal area, such as Caleta Zorra.

=== Demography ===
The region has an area of {{convert|48585|sqkm|0|abbr=on}} and its population, according to the 2017 INE Census was 823,204, with a population density of 16.9 /km².

=== Principal towns ===

The Región de Los Lagos has seventeen towns according to the 2017 census, of which eleven have more than 10000 inhabitants each. 

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! No.
! Town
! Population
! Province
|-
|1.
|Puerto Montt
|169 736
|Llanquihue
|-
|2.
|Osorno
|147 666
|Osorno
|-
|3. 
|Alerce
|42 267 
|Llanquihue
|-
|4. 
|Castro 
|33 417 
|Chiloé
|-
|5.
|Ancud
|28 162
|Chiloé
|-
|6.
|Puerto Varas
|26 172
|Llanquihue
|-
|7.
|Quellón
|17 552
|Chiloé
|-
|8.
|Calbuco
|15 903
|Llanquihue
|-
|9.
|Llanquihue
|12 945
|Llanquihue
|-
|10.
|Frutillar
|12 876
|Llanquihue
|-
|11.
|Purranque
|12 614 
|Osorno
|-
|12. 
|Los Muermos 
|7928 
|Llanquihue
|-
|13.
|Fresia
|7328
|Llanquihue
|-
|14.
|Dalcahue
|7120
|Chiloé
|-
|15.
|Río Negro
|6978
|Osorno
|-
|16.
|Chonchi
|5632
|Chiloé
|-
|17.
|Chaitén
|1639
|Palena
|}

=== Climate ===
[[File:Los Lagos Köppen.png|thumb|left|Köppen climate types in Los Lagos Region]]

The region, in general, has a natural vegetation of Valdivian temperate rain forest. The coastal part, except for the south of the Chiloé Island, has a temperate climate with cold winter rain. To the south, the climate is characterized by constant rain and not having dry seasons.

=== Protected areas ===

Protected areas include 7 national parks, 2 private-owned parks and 2 natural monuments.
;National Parks
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*Alerce Andino
*Chiloé
*Corcovado
*Hornopirén
*Pumalín
*Puyehue
*Vicente Pérez Rosales
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;Private parks
*Tantauco Park
*Las Vertientes – Reserva Natural Privada
;Natural monuments
*Islotes de Puñihuil
*Lahuen Ñadi
{{div col end}}

==Economy==

The region is the center of aquaculture in chile.

==Transportation==
El Tepual Airport lies a few miles west of Puerto Montt and Cañal Bajo Carlos Hott Siebert Airport a few miles east of Osorno. Also east of Osorno, the Cardenal Antonio Samoré Pass is a major [[Earth:Mountain pass|mountain pass]] across the [[Place:Andes|Andes]] to Argentina via Route 215.

==See also==
*German colonization of Valdivia, Osorno and Llanquihue
*Antillanca ski resort
*Intermediate Depression

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Wikivoyage|Los Lagos}}
*http://www.frutillar.com {{in lang|es}}
*http://www.regiondeloslagos.cl {{in lang|es}}
*https://web.archive.org/web/20060625023200/http://www.regionx.cl/ {{in lang|es}}
*[http://local.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Puerto+Montt,+Chile&ie=UTF8&z=13&ll=-41.467428,-72.939262&spn=0.063673,0.168743&t=k&om=1 Satellite view of Puerto Montt (Google maps)]
*[http://local.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Ancud,+Chile&ie=UTF8&om=1&z=8&ll=-42.730874,-73.416138&spn=1.997374,5.39978&t=k&iwloc=addr Satellite view of the Chiloé archipelago (Google maps)]
*[http://local.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Puerto+Varas,+Chile&ie=UTF8&z=10&ll=-41.172452,-72.750092&spn=0.511695,1.349945&t=k&om=1 Satellite view of Lake Llanquihue (Google maps)]
*[http://local.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Puerto+Varas,+Chile&ie=UTF8&om=1&z=13&ll=-40.576673,-73.142509&spn=0.06454,0.168743&t=k Satellite view of Osorno (Google maps)]
*[http://local.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Valdivia,+Chile&ie=UTF8&z=12&ll=-39.821194,-73.231258&spn=0.130526,0.337486&t=k&om=1 Satellite view of Valdivia (Google maps)]
*[http://local.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Chait%C3%A9n,+Chile&ie=UTF8&z=12&ll=-42.922618,-72.702885&spn=0.124446,0.337486&t=k&om=1 Satellite view of Chaitén (Google maps)]


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