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Villa Las Estrellas

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Villa Las Estrellas (Spanish: "Stars Village") is the only permanent settlement in Antarctica, that has families with children. It has a population of about 88 people, mostly Chilean Army officers with their families, explorers and scientists.

It has a school, an hospital, a bank, a post office, an airstrip, a supermarket, telephones, television signals, internet, a Catholic church ("Santa Maria Reina de la Paz"), etc.

The town is located at King George Island, at Eduardo Frei Montalva Station.

[edit] External Links

http://edenvalleychurch.net/antarctica.html (Wayback Machine)

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