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Punta Arenas is a commune and the capital city of [[Chile]]'s southernmost region, Magallanes and Antartica Chilena. The city was officially renamed Magallanes in 1927, but in 1938 it was changed back to Punta Arenas.

Punta Arenas is a very easy city to hitchhike to from the [[Argentina|Argentine]] cities of [[Ushuaia]] and Rio Grande in [[Tierra del Fuego]] and the Chilean city of [[Puerto Natales]]. The only route that goes in or out of the town is the Ruta 9. It is 240 kilometres south of Puerto Natales. The Ruta 9 ends about 55 kilometres south of Punta Arenas at [[Fuerte Bulnes]], and is the most southerly road located on the American continent.

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