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Aisén

Region in southern Chile, made up of the provinces of Coihaique, Aisén, General Correra, and Capitan Prat; area 109,025 sq km/42,095 sq mi; population (1996 est) 87,800. The principal town and capital is Coihaique. Puerto Aisén is also a sizeable settlement. The province is an important area for mining and cattle- and sheep-rearing.

The Carretera Austral, an extension of the Pan-American Highway from Puerto Montt through Coihaique and beyond to Puerto Yungay, was completed in 1988, making access to this mountainous Andean region far easier.



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Seroprevalence studies in South America, however, have shown that some populations have had much more frequent exposure to hantaviruses in the absence of known clinical manifestations, as seen in some populations native to Paraguay and Northern Argentina (40% and 17%, respectively) (26), the general population in Aysen, Southern Chile (2.
Centrales Hidroelectricas de Aysen was incorporated, 51%-owned by ENDESA's subsidiary, Endesa Chile, and 49% by ColbAn.
Endesa Chile signed an agreement with electricity company Colbun -controlled by the Matte Group, one of Chile's leading business conglomerates- for its inclusion in the Aysen Project, which entails the construction of four hydro plants with total installed capacity of 2,430 MW.
 
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