- align! "center" colspan2 style! "border-bottom:3px solid gray;"|City - Founded|| July 3, 1800, - Original Name|| San Carlos de Itihue - Region||Bio-Bio Region - Area - Municipality || 874 km² - Population (2002) - City - Municipality (comuna) || 30,000 50,088 - Time zone|| Santiago Time Zone, UTC- 4 - Telephone Prefix||56-42 - Postal code|| 3840000 - Gentilic|| Sancarlino - Day ||3 July - Mayor of Curico|Mayor|| Salvador Ivan Rodriguez Rodriguez (PDC)(2004-2008) - Official site||http://www.sancarlos.cl/ - align"center" colspan! 2 style"border-bottom:3px solid gray;"|Map of San Carlos in the Bio-Bio Region.

San Carlos is the name of a city and municipality (comuna) of Nuble Province in the Bio-Bio Region (8th Region) of Chile.

Geography and agriculture

San Carlos is a bustling market town located roughly in the center of Chile's agricultural heartland about 365 km south of Santiago, 133 km northeast of Concepcion, the regional capital and 32 km north of Chillan, the provincial capital. It sits on an alluvial plain between nearby Chillan and the Perquilauquen river. The municipality covers an area of 874 km². Its territory lies almost entirely within the fertile, central plain or "depresion intermedia", (Chilean Central Valley). Its countryside is reputed for its bountiful production of various crops as well as orchards (apple, grapes, berries, and more recently, kiwi).

San Carlos is bordered on the west by the comuna of Ninhue; on the north by Niquen and Cauquenes (the latter in Cauquenes province); on the east, by San Fabian, and on the south, by San Nicolas, Chillan and Coihueco.

Geographic Coordinates

Altitude: 151 mt.
Latitude: 36° 25' 60S
Longitude: 72° 2' 60W

Climate

San Carlos has a mild Mediterranean climate. The summers are hot and mainly dry (November to March) with temperatures reaching up to 34 degrees Celsius on the months of December, January and February.

Demography

Today, San Carlos is the second most populated city of Nuble Province. According to the 2002 census the population of the city was 29,359 (14,035 male, 15,324 female) while that of the comuna of San Carlos was 50,088 (24,910 male, 25,178 female). Roughly, 62% of the population is urban and 38% is rural. According to recent estimations (SUBDERE, Chile) the comuna has a population of 51,119 in 2006. Between the 1992 census and that of 2002, the population of San Carlos grew at a 4.1% rate (.41% annual rate).

The municipality encompasses a large number of villages, hamlets and other rural entities. Its second most populated locality, after San Carlos, is Cachapoal, with 1,164 residents in 2002 (578 male, 586 female). This village has been considered as "urban" in the 2002 census by the Instituto Nacional de Estadistica, Chile.

History

The city was founded by a Spaniard, don Jose Joaquin del Pino de Rozas y Negrete on July 3, 1800.

On May 15, 1813, San Carlos was the setting for one of the most important battles of the Chilean War of Independence, the Battle of San Carlos, where the patriot army, led by general Jose Miguel Carrera defeated the royalist army. The outcome of the battle set the ground for the patriot uprising in the whole region.

Society

Education

San Carlos has about 50 elementary schools, 10 of them in the urban area, as well as 6 high schools, 5 of them in the urban area. The city also has a university (Universidad La Republica).

Religion

According to the 2002 census, 25,141 residents of San Carlos municipality aged 15 years or older identified themselves as Catholics, equivalent to 68.51% of the total population, while 22.01% described themselves as Evangelical protestants, 0.59% as Jehovah's Witnesses and 0.35% as Latter-day Saints. About 5.03% of the population identified themselves to be atheist or agnostic, while 3.19% declared to follow other religions.

Notable residents

San Carlos is the birthplace of one of the most widely recognized names in Chilean and Latin American folk music, Violeta Parra. She has long been acclaimed as a great folk artist, author, painter, researcher and singer. The house where this famous artist was born is located in the city of San Carlos. It was declared National Monument by Law Decree 668 on September 29, 1992. San Carlos is also the birthplace of other well-known artists. Among them there are painters such as Hernan Gazmuri and a popular band from the 1970s, Los Angeles Negros.

Local administration

Mayor

Salvador Ivan Rodriguez Rodriguez (PDC)

Municipal councillors

Victor Sepulveda Aparicio: Independent - Humanist Party
Pedro Mendez Sanchez: RN
Carlos Cortes Fuentes: RN
Cesar Ortiz Gallegos: UDI
Daniel Garcia Binimelis: PDC
Lucrecia Flores Rodriguez: PS

Twinning

San Carlos is twinned with the Spanish city of Baena located in Andalucia, southern Spain, in the province of Cordoba. San Carlos' founder Jose Joaquin del Pino de Rozas y Negrete was born in Baena.

External links

Comuna de San Carlos (in Spanish)
Maps, weather for San Carlos
Aerial view of San Carlos, Chile (Google maps)
About San Carlos (author: Jorge W Suazo, in Spanish and English)
Map of central Chile
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