General Carrera Province | |
Native Name: | Provincia de General Carrera |
Native Name Lang: | es |
Settlement Type: | Province |
Mapsize: | 175px |
Map Alt: | Location in the Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Region |
Pushpin Map: | Chile |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 175 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Chile |
Coordinates: | -46.3333°N -112°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Chile |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Aisén |
Parts Type: | Communes |
Parts: | Río Ibáñez Chile Chico |
Seat Type: | Capital |
Seat: | Chile Chico |
Government Type: | Provincial |
Leader Title: | Governor |
Leader Name: | Pedro Durán Ivanoff |
Leader Party: | RN |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 11919.5 |
Population Total: | 7531 |
Population As Of: | 2017 Census |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Population Blank1 Title: | Urban |
Population Blank1: | 3,042 (in 2 002) |
Population Blank2 Title: | Rural |
Population Blank2: | 3,879 (in 2 002) |
Demographics Type1: | Sex |
Demographics1 Title1: | Men |
Demographics1 Info1: | 4,022 |
Demographics1 Title2: | Women |
Demographics1 Info2: | 3,509 |
Timezone: | CLT[2] |
Utc Offset: | -4 |
Timezone Dst: | CLST[3] |
Utc Offset Dst: | -3 |
Area Code: | 56 + 67 |
Website: | Government of General Carrera |
General Carrera Province (es|Provincia de General Carrera) is one of four provinces of the southern Chilean region of Aisen (XI). Its capital city is Chile Chico.
As a province, General Carrera is a second-level administrative division, governed by a provincial governor appointed by the president. The province comprises two communes, Río Ibáñez and Chile Chico; each is governed by a municipality, headed by an alcalde.
According to the 2017 census by the National Statistics Institute (INE), the province spans an area of 11919.5sqkm and had a population of 7,531 inhabitants (4,022 men and 3,509 women), giving it a population density of 0.6PD/sqkm. It is the sixth least populated province in the country. Of these, 3,042 (44%) lived in urban areas and 3,879 (56%) in rural areas, according to the 2002 census.
Between the 1992 and 2002 censuses, the population grew by 6% (392 persons) while, between the 2002 and 2017 ones, it grew by 9.2% (610 persons).[1]