Los Lagos Region

**Región de los Lagos**

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Capital	Puerto Montt
Provinces	Valdivia Osorno Llanquihue Chiloé Palena
Area - Total	Ranked 5th 67,013.1 km²
Population - 2002 Census - Density	Ranked 4th 1,073,135 15.8 /km²
ISO 3166-2	CL-LL

Los Lagos (Spanish "The Lakes") is Chile's tenth administrative region from north to south. It contains Chile's second largest island, Chiloé, and the second largest lake, Lake Llanquihue. Its capital is Puerto Montt and, besides this city, its most important urban centers are Valdivia, Osorno, Castro, Ancud, La Unión, Puerto Varas and Río Bueno.

[edit] Geography and demography

The region has an area of 67,013 km² and its population, according to the 2002 INE Census was 1,073,135, with a population density of 15.8 /km². It is bordered on the north by Araucanía Region, on the south by Aisén Region, on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the east by the Argentine Republic (provinces of Neuquén, Río Negro and Chubut).