Carelmapu
Carelmapu | |
|---|---|
 Church of Carelmapu | |
| Region | Los Lagos |
| Province | Llanquihue |
| Municipality | Maullín |
| Commune | Maullín |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal |
| • Alcade | Jorge Westermeier Estrada |
| Elevation | 5 m (16 ft) |
| Population (2002[1]) | |
| • Total | 2,903 |
| Time zone | UTC−04:00 (Chilean Standard) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−03:00 (Chilean Daylight) |
| Area code | Country + town = 56 + 65 |
Carelmapu (lit. from Mapudungun "Green Land") is a port and town (Spanish: pueblo) at the western end of Chacao Channel, southern Chile. Carelmapu was established by the Spanish in 1602 as San Antonio Ribera de Carelmapu following the Destruction of Seven Cities. In 1643 Carealmapu was sacked and its church vandalized by the Dutch corsair Hendrick Brouwer.[2][3]
Fort system
During Colonial Chilecolonial times Carelmapu was the site of a small fort system made up of Fuerte de Carelmapu just west of Carelmapu, the sentinel outpost of Astillero and the battery of Coronel. The last two were not located in Carelmapu propper but further east along the northern shores of Chacao Channel. The oroginal Fuerte de Carelmapu was built in wood in 1603. At present remnants of it can be found in a deteriorated state.[4]
References
- ^ Chile: Ciudades, pueblos, aldeas y caseríos, Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas, June 2005, retrieved January 10, 2014
- ^ Lane, Kris E. (1998). Pillageing the Empire: Piracy in the Americas 1500–1750. p. 89.
- ^ de Rosales, Diego (1878). Vicuña Mackenna, Benjamín (ed.). Historia general de el reyno de Chile. Flandes indiano (PDF) (in Spanish). Vol. III. Valparaíso: Imprenta de El Mercurio. pp. 219–220.
- ^ Sahady Villanueva, Antonio; Bravo Sánchez, José; Quilodrán Rubio, Carolina (2011). "Fuertes españoles en Chiloé: las huellas de la historia en medio del paisaje insular". Revista INVI. 73 (26): 133–165. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
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