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16-519: Daniel Fernando Valdebenito Contreras (PS) Ángela Barría Barrientos (RN) Juan Velásquez (PS) Carolina Guenel González (DC) Francis Delgado Ibaceta (RN) Paola Speake Ojeda (DC) The Municipality of Cabo de Hornos governs both Antártica and Cabo de Hornos from Cabo de Hornos, making it the only Chilean municipality to currently administer more than one commune. According to the 2002 census by the National Statistics Institute ( INE ), it had

32-474: A population of 2,392 inhabitants (1,518 men and 874 women), giving it a population density of 0.0019/km (0/sq mi). Of these, 1,952 (81.6%) lived in urban areas and 440 (18.4%) in rural areas. The province is the largest in Chile, yet it is also the least and most sparsely populated province in the country. Between the 1992 and 2002 censuses, the population grew by 23% (447 persons). The South American portion of

48-420: Is practically uninhabited except for research stations of various countries, although Chile maintains a permanent civilian population at Villa Las Estrellas (near Frei Montalva Station ), including women and children, a small school, and even a bank, in order to support its territorial claim of the area. The official population for the area as of the census 2002 is 130 (115 male, 15 female). This does not include

64-664: The Battle of Rancagua , they re-asserted royal power. In 1818, after independence, the secretariat was re-established, but this time as a "Ministry of Government" (1817–18) later renamed "Ministry of the Interior and Foreign Affairs" (1829–71). During this period, its functions normally subsumed the future Ministry of Foreign Affairs , which was separated as an independent government administration in 1871. This ministry has undergone several reorganizations during its long history, reflected in its different names: The function of chief of government

80-690: The Ministry of Economy since 1927. The first official publication, National Repertoire ( Repertorio Nacional ), was released in 1850. It was followed by the Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Chile ( Anuario Estadístico de la República de Chile ) published without interruption from 1837 to 1866. In 1882 they published Statistical and Geographical Synopsis of Chile ( Sinopsis Estadística y Geografía de Chile ). In 1911, they began publishing independent volumes of statistics by subject. Ministry of

96-595: The President of Chile . As responsible for local government, the minister supervises all non-elected regional authorities. Carolina Tohá has served as Minister of the Interior and Public Security since 6 September 2022;. Her Undersecretary of the Interior is Manuel Monsalve, the Undersecretary of Regional Development is Francisca Perales and the Crime Prevention Undersecretary is Eduardo Vergara. In

112-643: The Census Act of July 12, 1843. Law No. 187 of September 17, 1847 established the office as a permanent body of the state. By 1853, it was legally required that each section chief of the ministries collect and submit data to the Bureau of Statistics. Subsequently and by various legal modifications, it was called Dirección General de Estadísticas (1927–1953), Servicio Nacional de Estadísticas y Censos (1953–1960), Dirección de Estadísticas y Censos (1960–1970). It has called by its current name since 1970, and it has been under

128-462: The Interior (Chile) The Ministry of the Interior and Public Security (Spanish: Ministerio del Interior y Seguridad Pública ) is the cabinet-level office of home affairs in Chile , in charge of "maintaining public order, security and social peace" within the country. It is also charged with planning, directing, coordinating, executing, controlling, and informing the domestic policies formulated by

144-565: The Southern part of South America, Tierra del Fuego Archipelago, and all southern undiscovered territories (Terra Australis Ignota). This gobernación eventually merged with other territories in the Captaincy General of the Kingdom of Chile. Early settlement by prehistoric man is known to have occurred from archaeological recovery within this Province. Yaghans established many settlements on

160-508: The absence (because of travel, death, or other impediment) of the president of Chile , the Minister of the Interior becomes "vice president"; however, this is not a true vice presidential position, but rather a position of a designated acting president, as the post of Vice President of Chile has no existence independent from the Ministership of the Interior since 1833. During the first days of

176-667: The central part of the country in the 20th century to increase the province's sparse population. National Statistics Institute (Chile) The National Statistics Institute of Chile (Spanish: Instituto Nacional de Estadística de Chile , INE) is a state-run organization of the Government of Chile , created in the second half of the 19th century and tasked with performing a general census of population and housing, then collecting, producing and publishing official demographic statistics of people in Chile , in addition to other specific tasks entrusted to it by law. Its antecedents lie in

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192-564: The independence movements, the senior "secretary" of the respective Junta would function as the Secretary of Government . The office officially first came to be on 27 October 1812, when it was one of the two secretariats created by the Constitutional Norms approved on that date. It was then named Secretariat of the Interior . It was abolished in 1814 by the Spanish authorities when, after

208-510: The initiatives of president Manuel Bulnes and his minister, Manuel Rengifo, to draw up the second population census and obtain statistical data of the country. By Decree No. 18 March 27, 1843, the Office of Statistics was created, Ministry of the Interior to provide knowledge of the departments and provinces. It put the INE in charge of producing the national population census every 10 years, as required by

224-634: The islands of the present day province of the Antártica espana Province; for example, there is a significant early Yaghan archaeological site at Wulaia Bay , which C. Michael Hogan terms the Bahia Wulaia Dome Middens . Puerto Williams and Porvenir were established in the late 19th century, mainly by Western European immigrants (esp. from British Isles , Scandinavia and the former Yugoslavia ) and navigators in cruise ships and fish boats. The Chilean government transplanted Chilean settlers from

240-536: The staff of non-Chilean bases in the area. According to the Chilean argument, its claim to Antártica Chilena is as old as Chile itself. The Tordesillas Line established a west–east division of colonial territories between Portugal and Spain. On the first organization of the new conquered territories, Charles V , ruler of the Spanish Empire assigned to Pedro Sancho de la Hoz control over Terra Australis, which included

256-566: The territory is internationally recognized as part of Chile. However, the Commune of Antártica , which encompasses most of the area of the province, is disputed. It forms the Chilean claim to Antarctica , stretching south of the 60th parallel to the South Pole . This region of Antarctica claimed by Chile overlaps with land claims by Argentina and the United Kingdom . The Commune of Antártica

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