Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena

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**XII Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena**

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Capital	Punta Arenas
Provinces	Última Esperanza Magallanes Tierra del Fuego Antártica Chilena
Area - Total	Ranked 1st 132,297.2 km²¹
Population - 2002 Census - Density	Ranked 12th 150,826 1.1/km²
ISO 3166-2	CL-MA
1. Does not include 1,250,000 km² of claimed territory in Antarctica

Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena is Chile's twelfth and southernmost administrative region. It is also the largest and second least populated region.

This region has many globally known places and geographical accidents like Torres del Paine, Cape Horn, Tierra del Fuego island, and the Strait of Magellan.It also includes the Antarctic territory claimed by Chile.

The low population and vastness makes this region a good place for many native animal and plant species. There are relative easy to find penguins, nandus, guanacos, condors, and other animals in their natural environment.

Main economic activities are bovine farming, oil extraction and tourism.