San Javier, Chile
San Javier | |
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Postal code | 3660000 |
Area code | 56 + 73 |
Website | www |
San Javier (Spanish pronunciation:
Demography
According to 2005 estimates, the commune of San Javier has a population of 39,583, of which 19,682 are male and 19,901 are female. About 60% of the population is urban and 40% is
Geography
The commune covers an area of 1,313.4 km2 (507 sq mi).[3] The eastern (and smaller) part of its territory lies within the fertile, central plain or "depresión intermedia", (Chilean Central Valley) but the extense western part is hilly and somewhat drier, a typical "Cordillera de la Costa" terrain, which requires supplemental irrigation to support its varied cultivations. This area lends itself nicely to wine growing and cereal cultivation. Therefore, San Javier has some of the better vineyards and quality wines of the bountiful Maule Valley, in the Chile's central valley viticultural regions or appellations.
San Javier is bordered on the west by the communes of
Geographic coordinates
- Elevation: 83 m (272 ft)
- Latitude: 35° 36' 0S
- Longitude: 71° 42' 0W
Heritage
Architecture
There are many villages and other smaller, rural entities within the communal territory; several of them are quite distant from the main
Some of the
Poets
The Maule Region has produced a remarkable number of writers and poets and in consonancy with this legacy, San Javier has been the birthplace of two gifted poets: Raimundo Echeverría y Larrazábal (1897–1924) and Jerónimo Lagos Lisboa (1883–1958).
Administration
As a commune, San Javier is a third-level
- José Zapata Mora: UDI
- Maria Yolanda Lopez Balduzzi: RN
- Jorge Ignacio Silva Sepúlveda: PDC
- Gabriel Rodriguez Bustos: PPD
- Ronaldo Abraham Flores: PPD
- Cristobal Cancino Albornoz: UDI
Within the
References
- ^ a b "Asociación Chilena de Municipalidades" (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 January 2011.
- ^ a b "Municipality of San Javier" (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 January 2011.
- ^ a b c d e "National Statistics Institute" (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 January 2010.
- ^ "Chile Time". WorldTimeZones.org. Archived from the original on 2007-09-11. Retrieved 2010-08-29.
- ^ "Chile Summer Time". WorldTimeZones.org. Archived from the original on 2007-09-11. Retrieved 2010-08-29.
External links
- (in Spanish) Municipality of San Javier
- Aerial view of San Javier, Chile with the Maule river, to the north (Google maps)