San Fernando | |
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ceety an Commune | |
San Fernando's central plaza. | |
Coordinates (ceety): 34°35′S 70°59′W / 34.583°S 70.983°WCoordinates: 34°35′S 70°59′W / 34.583°S 70.983°W | |
Country | Chile |
Region | O'Higgins |
Province | Colchagua |
foondit | 1742 |
Foondit bi | José Antonio Manso de Velasco |
Govrenment | |
• Teep | Municipality |
• Alcalde | Luis Berwart Araya (Independent (politician)) |
Area | |
• Total | 2441.3 km2 (942.6 sq mi) |
Elevation | 89 m (292 ft) |
Population (2012 Census)[2] | |
• Total | 63,732 |
• Density | 26/km2 (68/sq mi) |
• Urban | 51136 |
• landwart | 12596 |
Sex | |
• Men | 31,157 |
• weemen | 32,575 |
Time zone | UTC-4 (CLT [3]) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (CLST [4]) |
Postal code | 3070000 |
Area code(s) | +56 72 |
Website | offeecial website (in Spaingie) |
San Fernando is the caipital o the province o Colchagua, in central Chile, an the seicont maist populatit urban centre o the O'Higgins Region. locatit close tae the Tinguiririca River (a tributary o the Rapel) in a fertile valley, San Fernando sits 1,112 feet (339 m) abuin sea level. foondit in 1742, it became the provincial caipital in 1840.
San Fernando is famous for its rodeos, thanks tae its location at the hert o the kintra. The surroondin aurie yields wheat, forage crops, rice, legumes, an grapes. Thare is an aa a brand o Chilean wine cried San Fernando. Bot the Pan-American Highway an Chile's main longitudinal railwey run throu San Fernando.
San Fernando is locatit at the northren tip o Chile's Colchagua Valley. This region is popularly kent as the hert o Chilean agriculture. Here you can find the "wine roote" which will tak visitors on a journey frae San Fernando tae Santa Cruz, veesitin some o Chile's maist traditional vineyards.
Some major attractions in an aroond San Fernando include Casa Silva, a hotel, vineyard, an winery. Hacienda Los Lingues, a traditional Chilean-style, colonial home o a hacienda "patron" or ainer that haes been turned intae a hotel an restaurant. The hacienda offers horseback riding adventures intae the precordillera o the Andes.
Most major producers o fresh fruit for export are locatit in an aroond San Fernando. These include: Frusan, Unifruti, an Agricola Panagro. Athin the orchards an farms o the region ane can find awmaist every teep o fresh produce; frae citrus tae premium quality fresh cherries.
San Fernando is an aa the pynt o departure tae begin a trip tae "Las Termas Del Flaco" (The thermal baths o Flaco). Flaco can be reached bi travelling east o ruta 5 on the road tae Puente Negro. "Las Termas" the baths are open frae mid-December tae Apryle an are locatit in an aurie famous for its lairge populations o Tricahues, a teep o native parrot,[5] an fossilized dinosaur footprints.
Accordin tae the 2002 census o the National Statistics Institute, San Fernando spans an aurie o 2,441.3 km2 (943 sq mi) an haes 63,732 indwallers (31,157 men an 32,575 weemen). o these, 51,136 (80.2%) lived in urban auries an 12,596 (19.8%) in landwart auries. The population grew bi 13.1% (7,364 persons) atween the 1992 an 2002 censuses.[2]
As a commune, San Fernando is a third-level admeenistrative diveesion o Chile administered bi a municipal cooncil, headed bi an alcalde who is directly electit every fower years. The 2013-2017 alcalde is Luis Antonio Berwart Araya (Independent).[1]
Athin the electoral divisions o Chile, San Fernando is representit in the Chamber o Deputies bi Mr. Javier Macaya (UDI) an Ms. Alejandra Sepúlveda (PDC) as pairt o the 34t electoral destrict, (thegither wi San Fernando, Chimbarongo, San Vicente, Peumo, Pichidegua an Las Cabras). The commune is representit in the Senate bi Alejandro García-Huidobro (UDI) an Juan Pablo Letelier Morel (PS) as pairt o the 9t senatorial constituency (O'Higgins Region).
Climate data for San Fernando | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Average heich °C (°F) | 28 (82) |
27 (80) |
24 (76) |
20 (68) |
15 (59) |
12 (54) |
12 (54) |
14 (57) |
16 (61) |
19 (67) |
23 (73) |
26 (79) |
20 (68) |
Average law °C (°F) | 13 (55) |
12 (54) |
11 (51) |
8 (46) |
6 (43) |
4 (40) |
4 (39) |
4 (40) |
6 (42) |
8 (46) |
9 (49) |
12 (53) |
8 (47) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 7.6 (0.3) |
7.6 (0.3) |
13 (0.5) |
30 (1.2) |
140 (5.5) |
210 (8.2) |
150 (6) |
120 (4.7) |
61 (2.4) |
28 (1.1) |
23 (0.9) |
7.6 (0.3) |
797.8 (31.4) |
Source: Weatherbase [6] |
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Cachapoal | ||
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Cardenal Caro | ||
Colchagua | ||
Provincial capitals in italics • Regional capital in bold |