Las Araucarias
RegionAraucanía
ProvinceCautín
MunicipalidadCarahue
ComunaCarahue
Government
  TypeMunicipality
  AlcaldeHéctor Alejandro Sáez Veliz (UDI)
Population
 (2017[3])
  Total66
Sex
  Men38
  Women28
Time zoneUTC-4 (Chilean Standard)
  Summer (DST)UTC-3 (Chilean Daylight)
Area codeCountry + town = 56 + 45

Las Araucarias is a hamlet (Spanish: caserío) in Araucanía Region, Chile.[3] It is located at 640 m asl. in Cordillera de Nahuelbuta next to a small remnant of some of the southernmost Araucaria araucana trees in the Chilean Coast Range.[4] By 1950 there were 1000 ha of Araucaria araucana forest around Las Araucarias, but by 2016 only 40 ha remained,[5] of which 10,3 ha are protected in the Villa las Araucarias site.[4]

Notes

  1. "Asociación Chilena de Municipalidades" (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 February 2011.
  2. "Municipality of Carahue" (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 February 2011.
  3. 1 2 3 "Ciudades, pueblos, aldeas y caceríos 2019" (PDF) (in Spanish). National Statistics Institute. 2019. Retrieved November 1, 2020.
  4. 1 2 "Villa las Araucarias" (in Spanish). Ministry of National Assets. Retrieved 2023-05-08.
  5. "Manuel Gedda: "Los bosques de araucaria son el único testimonio vivo de la era jurásica que queda en el planeta"". uc.cl (in Spanish). 2016-09-16. Retrieved 2023-05-08.

38°29′43.2″S 73°14′12.49″W / 38.495333°S 73.2368028°W / -38.495333; -73.2368028

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