Chilean city "steals" the title of the southernmost city in the world in Ushuaia

In a month, the southernmost city in the world will no longer be Ushuaia. A change in the rules of the National Institute of Statistics of Chile will convert the city of Puerto Williams, located on the south shore of the Beagle Channel, in a city.

As the newspaper explained Mercury, the agency will catalog as such the areas that have more than 5000 inhabitants, for which Puerto Williams will cease to be only the "southernmost city in the world" and "steal" the title of "southernmost city of the world" in Ushuaia, which has 16 times more inhabitants, since it is located ten kilometers further south.

Puerto Williams was founded in 1953. It is located on the island of Navarino and its population is dedicated to the crab fishing.

The director of the local tourism chamber, José Soto, described the event as "good news" and noted that before being "a city, and he looked tiny when competing with Ushuaia. We will now position ourselves with this formidable title that seemed distant and inaccessible. "

They hope that the ranking change "will bring countless benefits to its inhabitants" in terms of infrastructure projects and resources.