Puerto Montt is a port city in southern Chile, and is the capital of the Llanquihue Province (yan-key-wey) and the Los Lagos Region.The city has an approximate 175.938 inhabitants.

Originally, this location was covered by a thick forest and received the name of Melipulli (Meh-lee-poo-yi), meaning four hills. This place was selected as an entrance to the Lake Llanquihue, after its proximity to the open sea was discovered. The city was named after Manuel Montt, Chilean president between 1851 and 1861.

Puerto Montt has one airport, El Tepual, where three airlines have regular flights from Santiago, Punta Arenas, Balmaceda, Concepción, Temuco and Bariloche ( Argentina).

Puerto Montt has the southernmost train station in the country.