San Fernando, Chile

**San Fernando** is the caipital o the province o Colchagua, in central Chile, an the seicont maist populatit urban centre o the O'Higgins Region.  locatit close tae the Tinguiririca River (a tributary o the Rapel) in a fertile valley, San Fernando sits 1,112 feet (339 m) abuin sea level.  foondit in 1742, it became the provincial caipital in 1840.

## Culture
San Fernando is famous for its rodeos, thanks tae its location at the hert o the kintra. The surroondin aurie yields wheat, forage crops, rice, legumes, an grapes. Thare is an aa a brand o Chilean wine cried *San Fernando*.
Bot the Pan-American Highway an Chile's main longitudinal railwey run throu San Fernando.

San Fernando is locatit at the northren tip o Chile's Colchagua Valley.  This region is popularly kent as the hert o Chilean agriculture. Here you can find the "wine roote" which will tak visitors on a journey frae San Fernando tae Santa Cruz, veesitin some o Chile's maist traditional vineyards.

Some major attractions in an aroond San Fernando include Casa Silva, a hotel, vineyard, an winery.  Hacienda Los Lingues, a traditional Chilean-style, colonial home o a hacienda "patron" or ainer that haes been turned intae a hotel an restaurant. The hacienda offers horseback riding adventures intae the precordillera o the Andes.

Most major producers o fresh fruit for export are locatit in an aroond San Fernando.  These include: Frusan, Unifruti, an Agricola Panagro.  Athin the orchards an farms o the region ane can find awmaist every teep o fresh produce; frae citrus tae premium quality fresh cherries.

San Fernando is an aa the pynt o departure tae begin a trip tae "Las Termas Del Flaco" (The thermal baths o Flaco).  Flaco can be reached bi travelling east o ruta 5 on the road tae Puente Negro.  "Las Termas" the baths are open frae mid-December tae Apryle an are locatit in an aurie famous for its lairge populations o Tricahues, a teep o native parrot, an fossilized dinosaur footprints.

## Demographics
Accordin tae the 2002 census o the National Statistics Institute, San Fernando spans an aurie o  an haes 63,732 indwallers (31,157 men an 32,575 weemen). o these, 51,136 (80.2%) lived in urban auries an 12,596 (19.8%) in landwart auries. The population grew bi 13.1% (7,364 persons) atween the 1992 an 2002 censuses.

## Administration
As a commune, San Fernando is a third-level admeenistrative diveesion o Chile administered bi a municipal cooncil, headed bi an alcalde who is directly electit every fower years. The 2013-2017 alcalde is Luis Antonio Berwart Araya (Independent).

Athin the electoral divisions o Chile, San Fernando is representit in the Chamber o Deputies bi Mr. Javier Macaya (UDI) an Ms. Alejandra Sepúlveda (PDC) as pairt o the 34t electoral destrict, (thegither wi San Fernando, Chimbarongo, San Vicente, Peumo, Pichidegua an Las Cabras). The commune is representit in the Senate bi Alejandro García-Huidobro (UDI) an Juan Pablo Letelier Morel (PS) as pairt o the 9t senatorial constituency (O'Higgins Region).

## Climate





## Gallery

Image:SanFco SanFernando.JPG|San Francisco Kirk.
Image:Gobernación Provincial de Colchagua (Ex Intendencia), 2005.jpg|Gobernación de Colchagua.


## References


## Freemit airtins

*  Municipality o San Fernando
*  Information aboot San Fernando