Coyhaique, Coyhaique, Chile Genealogy

Guide to Commune of Coyhaique ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, church records, parish registers, and civil registration.

History

 * The area that currently occupies the commune of Coyhaique was populated by Tehuelches, Kawésqar and Chonos, but were expelled by the colonizers.
 * Chileans came to the area in the late nineteenth century who came mainly from the Araucanía and the Chiloé Archipelago.
 * The city was founded on October 12, 1929 under the name of Baquedano.
 * The commune of Coyhaique has a population of approximately 63,600 people.

Civil Registration

 * There are no records only for the commune of Coyhaique. See the records of neighboring communes.

Parish Records

 * There are no records for only the commune of Coyhaique. See the records of neighboring communes.

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio Municipal de Coyhaique

Localities

 * Balmaceda
 * El Blanco
 * Villa Ortega
 * Villa Frei
 * Valle Simpson
 * Ñirehuao