Osorno is a city located in southern Chile a territory of northern Patagonia in the Los Lagos Region.

Large percentage of locals in Osorno are descendants of Spanish (the livestock grazing industry owes its foundation to the Basques) and other European immigrants.

Scots with some Irish and English, French, Germans including Austrians and Swiss, Italians, Portuguese, ex-Yugoslavians, Greeks and from the Middle East are Arabs and Palestinians.

With their help, Osorno was made the home of the national cattle ranch of Chile, boosting the regional economy significantly.

Present-day Osorno has preserved 19th-century architecture and urban layout, represented by six houses which have been designated national monuments.