The Province of General Carrera is located in center-this of XI the Region of Aisén of General Carlos Ibáñez of the Field, has a surface of 12,406.5 km² and has a population of 6,921 inhabitants. Its provincial capital is the city of Small Chile.
Chile Chico
The commune of Small Chile is located in the Southeastern shore of the General lake Carrera, has a surface of 4,669 km square and one population of 3,757 inhabitants. Its territory extends from the border with Argentina to the limit of the North Ice Field. The capital of the commune is the city of Small Chile and their more important towns and villas are: Fachinal, Great Mallín, Guadal Port and Bertrand Port. The commune characterizes itself by the resistances of her landscape, barren of Pampas with the fruit trees and the tree-lined avenues, of its small farms in planes and fertile valleys, that make think that one is in the central zone of Chile. The General lake Carrera stays in almost all the commune causing a microclimate with pleasant temperatures and a low rainfall, near 250 annual mm present. Their climate, the lake and kindness of their agriculture have given to Small Chile the name him of "City of the Sun".
Tourist Attractions
BAHÍA JARA: It is a beautiful lacustrine beach located to 17 km to the west of Small Chile. Its location is protected of the wind and to arrive at her numerous small farms and parcels are due to cross.
LAGUNA VERDE: It is located to 25 km of Small Chile by the way that borders the General lake Carrera with southwestern direction. The topography of this lagoon has own characteristics of a crater, its waters are brackish, of a green color emerald, to which medicinal properties are attributed to them.
CUEVA DE LAS MANOS : It is located to 20 km of Small Chile, in the called sector stony stream. The access is difficult, because way for vehicles does not exist, can only be arrived walking until a height of 1,300 ms. In the place is the greater cave painting concentration Tehuelches of the region.
PASO DE LA LEONA : Footpath for horses that takes to the Chacabuco Valley. The footpath begins to 25 km to the south of Small Chile and its layout crosses a small river 36 times.
LAGO JEINIMENI: It is located to 52 km to the south of Small Chile, is a mountainous sector of spectacular beauty that comprises of the National Reserve Jeinimeni. It is an excellent place for the sport fishing in an atmosphere with much native vegetation and rallying point of numerous birds, between which they honor flamenco and the swans of black neck.
LA PUNTILLASector of the General lake Carrera, to 3 km of Small Chile, its attractive importance and is in which it is a beautiful natural sanctuary in as numerous birds of the zone meet.
LAGO BERTRAND: Beautiful water lake turquesa color, to its borders is located the town of the same name. This lake receives waters of the General lake Carrera and gives origin to the most mighty river of Chile, the Baker river.
PASO DE LAS LLAVES : Sector of the way that borders the shore of the General lake Carrera, is located between Fachinal and Great Mallín. It is an enormous cliff by which it recently crosses the constructed way, having a spectacular Vista of the Cochrane lake it is located between 47º and 47º 45' of latitude and 71º 50' and 73º 45' of west longitude. Km2 occupies a considered surface of 8,500, with a population of 2,996 inhabitants. Its more important city is Cochrane, that year 1954 with the name of New Town was founded. The geomorfología of the commune is given by the Patagónica Mountain range, with one active glacial and depositaria action of the North Ice Field whose Eastern languages feed a series on tributary of the Baker river, like the Nef and Colony, between most important. The tramontanos Eastern valleys strongly have been modeled by the glacial action, the Tectonics and to a lesser extent by the action of the wind. In her one of the more important hydric systems of the country is located, the Baker river, to which they pay numerous rivers regulated by important lacustrine river basins, like the Cochrane, Salto and Ñadis. The Pampas, the typical strongly amasetado planiforme relief modeled by the wind and in which coirón is developed to the ovine activity on the base of the grass. This unit is particularly manifest in the Chacabuco Valley. The landscape of the commune stands out by the great amount of rivers, like Baker, Cochrane, Nef, Ñadis, Jump and Colony; to these beautiful lakes are due to add, like the Cochrane, Brown, Emerald, Juncal, Vargas, Colony, etc., those that present/display abundant fishing of salmonídeas trouts. The snow-covered summits of the North Ice Field, the abundant native forest and an important fauna also stand out, between which they excel huemules, that is prote'ge's in the National Reserve Tamango.
Access
AEREA From Coyhaique aerodrome Lieutenant Vidal and airport of Balmaceda, to the aerodromes with asphalted tracks of Chile Chico and Cochrane, section of approximately 2.5 flight hours. Other tracks in the area of smaller importance like those of Murta Bay and Port exist Sanchez. Of Cochrane to Tortel, the flight time is of 30 minutes and land in a granular taxiway. TERRESTRE From Coyhaique to Ibáñez Port 116 km of debris and asphalt. Towards Murta, Calm Port, Port Bertrand and Cochrane, until this last 345 km way of debris and asfalto.De Cochrane to Tortel there are 128 km of way of stabilized debris. Until Small Chile it is possible to be acceded from Coyhaique by Argentina.
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