San Javier, Chile

Coordinates: 36°36′S 71°45′W / 36.600°S 71.750°W / -36.600; -71.750
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San Javier
Houses in San Javier city


Coat of arms
Location of the San Javier commune in the Maule Region
UTC-3 (CLST[5])
Postal code
3660000
Area code56 + 73
Websitewww.imsanjavier.cl (in Spanish)

San Javier (Spanish pronunciation:

hot springs
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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

rural. According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, the population of the commune of San Javier was 37,793 inhabitants (18,827 men and 18,966 women). Of these, 22,004 (58.2%) lived in urban areas and 15,789 (41.8%) in rural areas. Between the 1992 and 2002 censuses, the population grew by 6.2% (2,206 persons).[3]

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

River Purapel
, a regional "anomaly", since it flows eastward in a country where the overwhelming majority of rivers flow in the opposite direction, is a tributary of the Loncomilla.

Geographic coordinates

  • Elevation: 83 m (272 ft)
  • Latitude: 35° 36' 0S
  • Longitude: 71° 42' 0W

Heritage

Architecture

Houses in San Javier.

There are many villages and other smaller, rural entities within the communal territory; several of them are quite distant from the main

Huerta de Maule, Nirivilo, Bobadilla, Caliboro and Melozal. Also, along the paved road that connects the towns of San Javier and Villa Alegre
there are some outstanding examples of traditional Chilean rural architecture, which is especially noticeable in the farm houses (casas de fundo) typical of the region.

Some of the

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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

PDC), and the councillors are as follows:[1][2]

Within the

Linares, Colbún, Villa Alegre, Yerbas Buenas. The commune is represented in the Senate by Hernán Larraín (UDI) and Manuel Antonio Matta
(PDC) as part of the 11th senatorial constituency (Maule-South).

References

  1. ^ a b "Asociación Chilena de Municipalidades" (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 January 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Municipality of San Javier" (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 January 2011.
  3. ^ a b c d e "National Statistics Institute" (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 January 2010.
  4. ^ "Chile Time". WorldTimeZones.org. Archived from the original on 2007-09-11. Retrieved 2010-08-29.
  5. ^ "Chile Summer Time". WorldTimeZones.org. Archived from the original on 2007-09-11. Retrieved 2010-08-29.

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