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HISTORY OF
COYHAIQUE
Founded October 12th in 1929,
oficially on the name of Baquedano, in honour of a military
commander of the chilean army, Mr. Manuel Baquedano González. From
everywhere of the country, post messages and letters where sent to
Baquedano, though they never arrived to the village in the south and
were delivered to the northern village of Baquedano, located in the
region of Antofagasta, right in the very north of Chile. The chilean
authorities on behalf of a law in Jan of1934 changed the name to
Coyhaique, as the name did not exist all over the country apart of
having meaning in the Tehuelche language.
Located 68 ms west of Puerto Aisen, it is the capital of the XI
Region of Chile since 1974. Today it is the capital of the Carlos
Ibañez del Campo Region. Its inhabitants come to 45.000. The city
itself has important comercial activities and tourism is
increasing,specially for flyfishing lovers.
Outside of Coyhaique there are plenty of rivers, waterfalls, lagunes
and lakes, all of them excellent for flyfishing. |
