General Carrera Province (Spanish: Provincia de General Carrera) is one of four provinces of the southern Chilean regionofAisen (XI). Its capital city is Chile Chico.
General Carrera Province
Provincia de General Carrera
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General Carrera Lake
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Seal | |
Location in the Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Region
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  General Carrera Province Location in Chile | |
| Coordinates: 46°20′S 72°40′W / 46.333°S 72.667°W / -46.333; -72.667 | |
| Country | Chile |
| Region | Aisén |
| Capital | Chile Chico |
| Communes | Río Ibáñez Chile Chico |
| Government | |
| • Type | Provincial |
| • Governor | Pedro Durán Ivanoff (RN) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 11,919.5 km2 (4,602.1 sq mi) |
| Population
(2017 Census)[1]
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| • Total | 7,531 |
| • Density | 0.63/km2 (1.6/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 3,042 (in 2 002) |
| • Rural | 3,879 (in 2 002) |
| Sex | |
| • Men | 4,022 |
| • Women | 3,509 |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (CLT[2]) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (CLST[3]) |
| Area code | 56 + 67 |
| Website | Government of General Carrera |
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 11,919.5 km2 (4,602 sq mi) and had a population of 7,531 inhabitants (4,022 men and 3,509 women), giving it a population density of 0.6/km2 (2/sq mi). 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]