Qualla: Coyhaique https://qualla.com/coyhaique en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:39:57 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Coyhaique https://qualla.com/coyhaique Coyhaique: Introduction https://qualla.com/coyhaique/ Most town squares are rectangles. Coyhaique's is a pentagon. Founded in 1929, the city laid out its Plaza de Armas with five sides in deliberate honor of the Carabineros, Chile's national police, one of whose generals helped found the place. The result is a small geometric oddity at the heart of Patagonia's biggest northern city: streets that radiate from a five-pointed center, easy to lose your bearings in, ringed by dramatic mountains on every side. Around 58,000 people live here, making Coyhaique the unrivaled hub of the Aysén region and the jumping-off point for almost anyone heading into the unspoiled country to the south.

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]]> Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/4/r/u/u/coyhaique-wk/4ruu-coyhaique-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Coyhaique: The Gateway to the Carretera Austral https://qualla.com/coyhaique/ Coyhaique exists because everything else here is hard to reach. It is the place where the buses converge before scattering down the gravel of the Carretera Austral, Route 7, the legendary road that the Chilean Army's engineers cut through this wilderness using conscript labor bet...

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]]> Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/4/r/u/u/coyhaique-wk/4ruu-coyhaique-the-smoke-in-the-valley.mp3 0:06 4 full Coyhaique: A Handsome Town at the End of the Road https://qualla.com/coyhaique/ Strip away the superlatives and Coyhaique is simply a pleasant place to be. The compact center is best seen on foot, becoming more residential the farther you drift from the plaza, where flea markets appear and the free Wi-Fi hotspot draws people to the pentagon's benches. The to...

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