Castro

Castro
Castro
City and Commune
	; Coat of arms Map of the Commune of Castro in Los Lagos Region Castro Location in Chile
	Coordinates (city): 42°28′S 73°48′W / 42.467°S 73.800°W
Country	Chile
Region	Los Lagos
Province	Chiloé
Founded as	Santiago de Castro
Founded	12 February 1567
Government
• Type	Municipality
• Alcalde	Nelson Águila Serpa (DC)
Area
• Total	427.5 km2 (165.1 sq mi)
Elevation	130 m (430 ft)
Population (2012 Census)
• Total	41,667
• Density	97/km2 (250/sq mi)
• Urban	29,148
• Rural	10,218
Demonym	Castreño / a
Sex
• Men	19,325
• Women	20,041
Time zone	UTC−4 (CLT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−3 (CLST)
Area code	56 + 65
Website	www.municastro.cl (in Spanish)

Castro is a Chilean city with 39.366 inhabitants (2002 census).

History

Castro was discovered by the Spanish conqueror Martín Ruiz de Gamboa on 1567.

Sights

Castro is well known for its palafitos, traditional wooden stilt houses that are common on the Chiloé Island. Some of them are preserved in the west of the town in a bay named Fiordo de Castro.

In Gamboa, there is also an interesting wooden chapel.

References

↑ "Municipality of Castro" (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 January 2011.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 "National Statistics Institute" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 15 July 2010. Retrieved 13 December 2010.

Other websites

Castro municipality (in Spanish)
History & Legends of Castro

[Official-1] "Municipality of Castro" (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 January 2011.

[INE-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 "National Statistics Institute" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 15 July 2010. Retrieved 13 December 2010.

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