San Carlos (Chile)

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San Carlos is the name of a city and municipality (comuna) of Ñuble Province in the Bío-Bío Region (8th Region) of Chile.

Geography and agriculture
San Carlos is a bustling market town located roughly in the center of Chile's agricultural heartland about 365 km south of Santiago, 133 km northeast of Concepción, the regional capital and 32 km north of Chillán, the provincial capital. It sits on an alluvial plain between nearby Chillán and the Perquilauquén river. The municipality covers an area of 874 km². Its territory lies almost entirely within the fertile, central plain or "depresión intermedia", (Chilean Central Valley). Its countryside is reputed for its bountiful production of various crops as well as orchards (apple, grapes, berries, and more recently, kiwi).

San Carlos is bordered on the west by the comuna of Ninhue; on the north by Ñiquén and Cauquenes (the latter in Cauquenes province); on the east, by San Fabián, and on the south, by San Nicolás, Chillán and Coihueco.


Geographic Coordinates
Altitude: 151 mt.
Latitude: 36° 25' 60S
Longitude: 72° 2' 60W

Climate
San Carlos has a mild Mediterranean climate. The summers are hot and mainly dry (November to March) with temperatures reaching up to 34 degrees Celsius on the months of December, January and February.