Curacaví
Curacaví | |
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Coordinates: 33°24′S 71°09′W / 33.400°S 71.150°W | |
Country | Chile |
Region | Santiago Metropolitan Region |
Province | Melipilla Province |
Government | |
Area code | 56 + |
Website | [1] |
Curacaví (Spanish pronunciation: [ku.ɾa.ka.ˈβi]) is a city and commune in the Melipilla Province of central Chile's Santiago Metropolitan Region. Its climate is temperate Mediterranean with a long dry season, experiencing high temperatures in summer and low temperatures in winter. Curacaví is located on the Ruta 68 between the coastal conurbation of Viña del Mar and Valparaíso and Santiago which has proved a popular home for expats working in Santiago.
Curacaví is a
Curacaví is integrated along with the communes of
Rapid Expansion
Curacaví is now home to various exclusive [2]
Geography and climate
Immersed among the hills of the coastal mountain range, Curacaví occupies an area of 693.2 km2 (268 sq mi)[3] and borders the following communes: Casablanca, Quilpué, Lampa, Pudahuel, Maipú, Padre Hurtado, Melipilla, and María Pinto. The climate is mild Mediterranean with a long dry season with high temperatures in the summer and low temperatures in the winter.
Climate data for Curacaví | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 29.0 (84.2) |
28.4 (83.1) |
26.3 (79.3) |
22.8 (73.0) |
18.9 (66.0) |
15.8 (60.4) |
16.0 (60.8) |
17.3 (63.1) |
19.6 (67.3) |
22.4 (72.3) |
25.6 (78.1) |
27.9 (82.2) |
22.5 (72.5) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | 21.5 (70.7) |
21.0 (69.8) |
19.0 (66.2) |
16.0 (60.8) |
13.4 (56.1) |
11.0 (51.8) |
10.9 (51.6) |
11.8 (53.2) |
13.8 (56.8) |
16.1 (61.0) |
18.6 (65.5) |
20.6 (69.1) |
16.1 (61.1) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 14.1 (57.4) |
13.7 (56.7) |
11.8 (53.2) |
9.3 (48.7) |
8.0 (46.4) |
6.3 (43.3) |
5.8 (42.4) |
6.3 (43.3) |
8.0 (46.4) |
9.8 (49.6) |
11.7 (53.1) |
13.3 (55.9) |
9.8 (49.7) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 1 (0.0) |
7 (0.3) |
5 (0.2) |
12 (0.5) |
78 (3.1) |
111 (4.4) |
84 (3.3) |
72 (2.8) |
22 (0.9) |
15 (0.6) |
7 (0.3) |
3 (0.1) |
417 (16.5) |
Source: Climate-Data.org [6] |
Demographics
According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Curacaví spans an area of 693.2 km2 (268 sq mi) and has 24,298 inhabitants (12,351 men and 11,947 women). Of these, 15,645 (64.4%) lived in urban areas and 8,653 (35.6%) in rural areas. The population grew by 27.5% (5,245 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses.[3] There is a fast growing expat community in Curacaví [4] [5] [6]
Notable people
- Juan Williams Rebolledo – Commander-in-chief of the Chilean Navy at the beginning of the War of the Pacific
- Rosamel del Valle – Avant-garde poet
Administration
As a
- Lidia Araos Henriquez (UDI)
- Cristian Galdames Santibañez (PS)
- Paul Alvarado Muñoz (PDC)
- Marco Antonio Guzmán Márquez (UDI)
- Sandra Ponce Baeza (RN)
- Francisco Carrasco González (PC)
Within the electoral divisions of Chile, Curacaví is represented in the Chamber of Deputies by Denise Pascal (PS) and Gonzalo Uriarte (UDI) as part of the 31st electoral district, (together with Talagante, Peñaflor, El Monte, Isla de Maipo, Melipilla, María Pinto, Alhué, San Pedro and Padre Hurtado). The commune is represented in the Senate by Guido Girardi Lavín (PPD) and Jovino Novoa Vásquez (UDI) as part of the 7th senatorial constituency (Santiago-West).
Airport
Curacavi is home to a small airport situated by the motorway Ruta 68.[7]
Chicha
Curacaví is famous in Chile for its chicha production [8]. There is a popular Chilean cueca titled "Chicha de Curacaví". [9]
Kross Brewery
Curacaví is home to the
Road from Santiago to Valparaiso
Curacaví is on the most-used old
Mercedes Canal
The Mercedes Canal (Spanish: 10 m³/s.
Parish School
The first Parish School was built by the priest Don Eduardo Miles in 1885 which is still working and has done so almost without interruption educating much of the local population.
Gallery
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Ford of the Puangue River at Alhué near Curacaví.
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"Tacitas" (cupules) on a boulder at the banks of the Puangue River.
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A house at the museum Museo de la Vivienda Tradicional Rural Unifamiliar Chilena.
References
- ^ "Asociación Chilena de Municipalidades" (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 January 2011.
- ^ a b "Municipality of Curacaví" (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 January 2011.
- ^ a b c d e "National Statistics Institute" (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 May 2010.
- ^ "Chile Time". WorldTimeZones.org. Archived from the original on 2007-09-11. Retrieved 2007-05-05.
- ^ "Chile Summer Time". WorldTimeZones.org. Archived from the original on 2007-09-11. Retrieved 2007-05-05.
- ^ "Climate-Data.org". Retrieved November 18, 2019.
External links
- (in Spanish) Municipality of Curacaví
- Curacavi.com