Los Lagos Region

{{Short description|Region of Chile}}

{{About|the region in Chile|the city and municipality|Los Lagos, Chile|the region outlined in tourism literature|Chilean Lake District}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}

{{Infobox settlement

| official_name = Los Lagos Region

| native_name = Región de Los Lagos

| native_name_lang = es

| settlement_type = Region of Chile

| seat_type = Capital

| seat = Puerto Montt

| coordinates = {{coord|41|28|18|S|72|56|12|W|type:adm1st_region:CL|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{flag|Chile}}

| parts_type = Provinces

| parts = Osorno, Llanquihue, Chiloé, Palena

| leader_title = Intendant

| leader_name = Harry Jürgensen Caesar

| leader_party = RN

| image_skyline = File:Rioyelchoyvolcancorcovado.jpg

| image_caption = Corcovado National Park

| image_flag = Flag of Los Lagos Region, Chile.svg

| flag_size = 120px

| flag_alt = Flag of Los Lagos Region

| flag_link = Flag of Los Lagos

| image_shield = Coat of arms of Los Lagos Region, Chile.svg

| shield_size = 75px

| shield_alt = Coat of Arms of Los Lagos Region

| image_map = Los Lagos in Chile 2018.svg

| mapsize = 250px

| map_caption = Map of Los Lagos Region

| area_total_km2 = 48583.6

| area_footnotes = {{cite web |url= http://www.cinver.cl/english/chile/deloslagos.asp |title= Los Lagos Region |access-date= 13 March 2010 |publisher= Government of Chile Foreign Investment Committee }}{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

| area_rank = 5

| elevation_min_footnotes =

| elevation_max_footnotes =

| elevation_max_m = 2450

| elevation_min_m = 0

| population_total = 823204

| population_as_of = 2017 census

| population_footnotes =

| population_rank = 7

| population_density_km2 = auto

| demographics_type1 = GDP (PPP)

| demographics1_footnotes = [http://stats.oecd.org/ Regions and Cities > Regional Statistics > Regional Economy > Regional GDP per Capita], OECD.Stats.

| demographics1_title1 = Total

| demographics1_info1 = $11.131 billion (2014)

| demographics1_title2 = Per capita

| demographics1_info2 = $12,335 (2014)

| blank_name_sec1 = HDI (2019)

| blank_info_sec1 = 0.795{{Cite web|url=https://hdi.globaldatalab.org/areadata/shdi/|title=Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab|website=hdi.globaldatalab.org|language=en|access-date=26 October 2021}}
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| website = [http://www.goreloslagos.cl/ Official website] {{in lang|es}}

| iso_code = CL-LL

| footnotes =

}}

Los Lagos Region ({{langx|es|Región de Los Lagos}} {{IPA|es|los ˈlaɣos|pron}}, {{literal translation}} 'Region of the Lakes') is one of Chile's 16 regions, which are first order administrative divisions, and comprises four provinces: Chiloé, Llanquihue, Osorno and Palena. The region contains the country's second-largest island, Chiloé, and the second-largest lake, Llanquihue. Its capital is Puerto Montt; other important cities include Osorno, Castro, Ancud, and Puerto Varas. Los Lagos Region is considered part of Patagonia.

Historically, the Huilliche have called this territory between Bueno River and Reloncaví Sound Futahuillimapu, meaning "great land of the south". The region hosts Monte Verde, one of the oldest archaeological sites of the Americas. The largest indigenous group of the region are the Huilliche who lived in the area before the arrival of the Spanish. The Spanish crown settled Chiloé Archipelago in 1567Hanisch, Walter. La Isla de Chiloé. 1982. pp. 11–12. while the rest of the region begun to be slowly colonized by non-indigenous people only in the late 18th century. In the 1850s Germans arrived to colonize the shores of Llanquihue Lake under a Chilean state-sponsored program.

Los Lagos Region economy is dominated by the service sector but based in fishing, salmon aquaculture, forestry and cattle farming. Tourism is economically important in The Andes where ski resorts, hot springs and recreational fishing are popular offers.