Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego
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(From top to bottom; from left to right) View of Ushuaia from the harbor; Les Eclaireurs Lighthouse; Falklands War Memorial; Tierra del Fuego, Antártida e Islas del Atántico Sur government building and the port.
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| Motto: "Ushuaia, fin del mundo, principio de todo" (Spanish) "Ushuaia, end of the world, beginning of everything" |
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 Ushuaia
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| Coordinates: 54°48′S 68°18′W / 54.800°S 68.300°WCoordinates: 54°48′S 68°18′W / 54.800°S 68.300°W | ||
| Country |
 Argentina
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| Province |
 Tierra del Fuego
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| Department | Ushuaia | |
| Founded | 12 October 1884 | |
| Founded by | Commodore Lasserre ARA | |
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| • Type | Municipality | |
| • Mayor | Federico Sciurano | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 23 km2 (9 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 23 m (75 ft) | |
| Population (2010 Census) | ||
| • Total | 56,956 | |
| • Density | 2,500/km2 (6,400/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | ART (UTC−3) | |
| CPA Base | V 9410 | |
| Area code(s) | +54 2901 | |
| Climate | ET | |
| Website | www |
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Ushuaia (/uːˈʃwaɪ.ə/; Spanish pronunciation: [uˈswaʝa]) is the capital of Tierra del Fuego, Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur Province, Argentina. It is commonly regarded as the southernmost city in the world. Ushuaia is located in a wide bay on the southern coast of Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego, bounded on the north by the Martial mountain range, and on the south by the Beagle Channel. It is the only municipality in the Department of Ushuaia, which has an area of 9,390 km2 (3,625 sq mi). It was founded October 12 of 1884 by Augusto Lasserre and is located on the shores of the Beagle Channel surrounded by the mountain range of the Martial Glacier, in the Bay of Ushuaia. Besides being an administrative center, it is a light industrial port and tourist hub.
The word Ushuaia comes from the Yaghan language: ush and waia ("bay" or "cove") and means "deep bay" or "bay to background". The act creating the subprefecture in 1884 cites the name "Oshovia", one of the many orthographic variations of the word. Its demonym is "Ushuaiense".
The name is often pronounced "u-sua-ia" (Spanish pronunciation: [uˈswaʝa]), an exception to the orthographic rules of Castilian, since the 's' forms a syllable with the following 'u' despite the intervening 'h'. The pronunciation "Usuaía" (accented on the 'i') is erroneous: the prosodic accent is on the first 'a', which is why the word is written without an accent mark.
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