Caleta Tumbes
Caleta Tumbes | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates: 36°38′23.21″S 73°5′37.76″W / 36.6397806°S 73.0938222°W | |
| Region | Biobío |
| Province | Concepción |
| Municipality | Talcahuano |
| Commune | Talcahuano |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal |
| • Alcalde | Henry Campos (UDI) |
| Elevation | 15 m (49 ft) |
| Population (2017[1]) | |
| • Total | 1,880 |
| Sex | |
| • Men | 945 |
| • Women | 935 |
| Time zone | UTC−04:00 (Chilean Standard) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−03:00 (Chilean Daylight) |
| Area code | Country + town = 56 + 41 |
| Climate | Csbn |
Caleta Tumbes is a town (Spanish: pueblo) and fishermen cove in Biobío Region, Chile. It belongs to the commune of Talcahuano and is administered by the municipal government of that city.
The town was badly hit by the 2010 tsunami which killed two persons in it and destroyed 40 houses.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Ciudades, pueblos, aldeas y caceríos 2019" (PDF) (in Spanish). National Statistics Institute. 2019. Retrieved November 1, 2020.
- ^ EVALUACIÓN DE LA VULNERABILIDAD SOCIAL POS-TSUNAMI 2010 EN CALETA TUMBES (CHILE). A TRAVÉS DEL MODELO “PRESIÓN Y DESCOMPRESIÓN”
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