Why Ushuaia will cease to be the southernmost city of the world

Starting next month, the Chilean city of Puerto Williams, located on the island of Navarin, on the banks of the Beagle Channel, will be recognized as a city and not as a city, reason why Ushuaia will cease to be the "southernmost city of the world".

The National Institute of Statistics of Chile will redefine your criteria and consider as "cities of urban centers of more than 5 000 inhabitantsexcept those that meet the political-administrative characteristics of the regional or provincial capital ".

This was confirmed in the El Mercurio newspaper by the governor of the Antarctic Province, Juan José Arcos, who underlined the change, since "will bring countless benefits to its inhabitants".

"In addition to causing an increase in tourism because it will be an iconic place, this new category will provide access to other types of state infrastructure projects," said the responsible Chilean.

The Chilean authorities believe that this modification will have the greatest impact on tourism because of its proximity to the city of Tierra del Fuego. Ushuaia, Where do they live 60 thousand inhabitantsPuerto Williams has been relegated despite its location further south.

"It has always been commented that Puerto Williams it was not a city, but a city, and he looked tiny when competing with Ushuaia. We will now position ourselves with this formidable title, which seemed distant and inaccessible, "commented the director of the local tourist chamber, José Soto Pbadeck.

Putre (Arica), Chaitén (Los Lagos), Chile Chico and Cochrane (Aysén) are among the other places in Chile.