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{{Infobox settlement
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| name                    = Chile Chico
| native_name             = 
| native_name_lang        = es
| settlement_type         = [[List of towns in Chile|Town]] and [[Communes of Chile|Commune]]
| image_skyline           = Chile-Chico.png
| image_alt               = 
| image_caption           = 
| image_flag              = 
| flag_alt                = Flag
| image_shield            = Escudo de Chile Chico.png
| shield_alt              = Coat of arms
| image_map               = Comuna de Chile Chico.svg
| map_alt                 = Map of the Chile Chico commune in Aisén Region
| map_caption             = Map of the Chile Chico commune in Aisén Region
| pushpin_map             = Chile Aysén#Chile
| pushpin_map_narrow = yes
| pushpin_label_position  = left
| pushpin_map_alt         = Location in Chile
| pushpin_map_caption     = Location in Chile
| coordinates             = {{coord|46|32|25|S|71|43|20|W|region:CL-AI|display=inline,title}}
| coor_pinpoint           = town
| coordinates_footnotes   = 
| subdivision_type        = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name        ={{CHL}}
| subdivision_type1       = [[Regions of Chile|Region]]
| subdivision_name1       = [[Aisén Region|Aisén]]
| subdivision_type2       = [[Provinces of Chile|Province]]
| subdivision_name2       = [[General Carrera Province|General Carrera]]
| established_title       = 
| established_date        = 
| founder                 = 
| named_for               = 
| seat_type               = 
| seat                    = 
| government_footnotes = <ref name="Munitel">{{Cite web |url = http://www.chilechico.cl |title=Asociación Chilena de Municipalidades | accessdate=27 January 2011|language=es}}</ref>
<ref name="Official">{{Cite web |url = http://www.chilechico.cl |title=Municipality of Chile Chico | accessdate=27 January 2011|language=es}}</ref>
| government_type         = [[Municipality]]
| leader_title            = [[Alcalde]]
| leader_party = [[Party for Democracy (Chile)|PPD]]
| leader_name = Luperciano Muñoz González
| unit_pref               = Metric
| area_footnotes          = <ref name="INE">{{Cite web |url= http://www.ine.cl/canales/chile_estadistico/censos_poblacion_vivienda/censo_pobl_vivi.php |title= National Statistics Institute |accessdate=27 January 2010|language=es}}</ref>
| area_total_km2          = 5922.3
| elevation_footnotes     = 
| elevation_m             = 214
| population_footnotes    = <ref name="INE"/>
| population_total        = 4627
| population_as_of        = 2012 Census
| population_density_km2  = auto
| population_demonym      = 
| population_blank1_title = [[Urban area|Urban]]
| population_blank1       = 3042
| population_blank2_title = [[Rural area|Rural]]
| population_blank2       = 1402
| demographics_type1      = Sex
| demographics1_footnotes = <ref name="INE"/> 
| demographics1_title1    = Men
| demographics1_info1     = 2,378
| demographics1_title2    = Women
| demographics1_info2     = 2,066
| timezone                = [[Time in Chile|CLT]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.world-time-zones.org/zones/chile-time.htm |accessdate=2010-07-29 |title=Chile Time |publisher=WorldTimeZones.org |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070911130719/http://www.world-time-zones.org/zones/chile-time.htm |archivedate=2007-09-11 }}</ref>
| utc_offset              = -4
| timezone_DST            = [[Time in Chile|CLST]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.world-time-zones.org/zones/chile-summer-time.htm |accessdate=2010-07-29 |title=Chile Summer Time |publisher=WorldTimeZones.org |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070911130451/http://www.world-time-zones.org/zones/chile-summer-time.htm |archivedate=2007-09-11 }}</ref>
| utc_offset_DST          = -3
| postal_code_type        = 
| postal_code             = 
| area_code_type          = 
| area_code               = 56 + 67
| blank_name              = [[Köppen climate classification|Climate]]
| blank_info              = [[Mediterranean climate#Warm-summer Mediterranean climate|Csb]]
| website                 = [http://www.chilechico.cl/ Municipality of Chile Chico]
| footnotes               = 
}}

'''Chile Chico''' ([[spanish language|Spanish]] for  ''Little Chile'') is a [[List of towns in Chile|town]] in [[General Carrera Province]], [[Aisén Region]], [[Patagonia]], [[Chile]]. It is located on the south shore of [[Buenos Aires/General Carrera Lake|General Carrera Lake]]. Chile Chico, which has around 3,000&nbsp;inhabitants, is the eponymous capital of the [[Communes of Chile|commune]] and capital of the [[General Carrera Province]] of the Aysén Region.

The town is {{convert|6|km|0|abbr=on}} west of the border with [[Argentina]] and 8&nbsp;km from the Argentine town of [[Los Antiguos]], with which it is connected by a paved road.  A car ferry connects the town with [[Puerto Ingeniero Ibáñez]] on the north shore of the lake.

Since 2017 Chile Chico has produced the world's southernmost wine.<ref>{{Cite news |title=El vino chileno más austral del mundo |url=https://www.elmostrador.cl/generacion-m/2022/01/08/el-vino-chileno-mas-austral-del-mundo/ |date=2022-01-08 |access-date=2022-12-02 |work=[[El Mostrador]] |language=Spanish}}</ref><ref nAME=KEOKENwip>{{Cite web|url=https://wip.cl/keoken-hasta-donde-hemos-podido-llegar/|title=Keokén, el viñedo más austral de Chile|website=Wine Independent Press|language=Spanish|access-date=2021-02-06|archive-date=2021-02-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210213165203/https://wip.cl/keoken-hasta-donde-hemos-podido-llegar/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Expertos del Inia logran producir en Chile Chico el vino más austral del país |url=https://www.latercera.com/noticia/expertos-del-inia-logran-producir-chile-chico-vino-mas-austral-del-pais/ |last=Yáñez |first=Cecilia |date=2017-06-04 |work=[[La Tercera]] |language=Spanish}}</ref> This wine is produced at the experimental vineyard of Undurraga that is part of [[Instituto de Investigación Agropecuaria]].<ref nAME=KEOKENwip/>


==Climate==
Its [[rain shadow]] location gives Chile Chico a [[Mediterranean climate#Warm-summer Mediterranean climate|mediterranean climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]]: ''Csb''), unusually dry for its latitude with only half the rainfall of [[Balmaceda, Chile|Balmaceda]] nearby and less than a tenth that received at many coastal locations in the Aisén region. Its moderate climate is sometimes compared to [[Zona Central, Chile|Middle Chile]] but is most similar to that of places like [[Sequim, Washington|Sequim]] which lie in a similar westerly wind rain shadow. The record high is {{convert|36.4|C|1}} in January 2013 and the record low was {{convert|-13.8|C|1}} in July 1982.<ref name=saclim/>
<div style="width:70%;">
{{Weather box
|location = Chile Chico (1970–2000, extremes 1952–present)
|metric first = yes
|single line = yes
|Jan record high C = 36.4
|Feb record high C = 34.0
|Mar record high C = 31.6
|Apr record high C = 28.5
|May record high C = 23.4
|Jun record high C = 19.4
|Jul record high C = 18.7
|Aug record high C = 19.9
|Sep record high C = 23.4
|Oct record high C = 26.4
|Nov record high C = 30.7
|Dec record high C = 33.2
|year record high C = 36.4
|Jan high C = 21.6
|Feb high C = 21.7
|Mar high C = 19.0
|Apr high C = 14.8
|May high C = 10.3
|Jun high C = 7.4
|Jul high C = 7.0
|Aug high C = 9.2
|Sep high C = 12.3
|Oct high C = 15.6
|Nov high C = 18.5
|Dec high C = 20.5
|year high C = 14.8
|Jan mean C = 17.9
|Feb mean C = 17.7
|Mar mean C = 15.2
|Apr mean C = 11.4
|May mean C = 7.1
|Jun mean C = 4.1
|Jul mean C = 3.9
|Aug mean C = 5.9
|Sep mean C = 9.1
|Oct mean C = 12.4
|Nov mean C = 15.0
|Dec mean C = 17.0
|year mean C = 11.3
|Jan low C = 11.8
|Feb low C = 10.7
|Mar low C = 8.5
|Apr low C = 5.6
|May low C = 2.6
|Jun low C = 0.2
|Jul low C = -0.3
|Aug low C = 1.0
|Sep low C = 3.7
|Oct low C = 6.4
|Nov low C = 9.2
|Dec low C = 11.2
|year low C = 5.9
|Jan record low C = -1.9
|Feb record low C = -1.6
|Mar record low C = -4.8
|Apr record low C = -6.5
|May record low C = -9.0
|Jun record low C = -11.4
|Jul record low C = -13.8
|Aug record low C = -12.6
|Sep record low C = -7.4
|Oct record low C = -6.2
|Nov record low C = -4.0
|Dec record low C = -3.2
|year record low C = -13.8
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 12.1
|Feb precipitation mm = 9.7
|Mar precipitation mm = 17.6
|Apr precipitation mm = 23.9
|May precipitation mm = 45.4
|Jun precipitation mm = 41.2
|Jul precipitation mm = 51.9
|Aug precipitation mm = 36.6
|Sep precipitation mm = 23.2
|Oct precipitation mm = 14.1
|Nov precipitation mm = 9.9
|Dec precipitation mm = 10.1
|Jan precipitation days = 3
|Feb precipitation days = 3
|Mar precipitation days = 4
|Apr precipitation days = 6
|May precipitation days = 9
|Jun precipitation days = 9
|Jul precipitation days = 9
|Aug precipitation days = 8
|Sep precipitation days = 5
|Oct precipitation days = 4
|Nov precipitation days = 3
|Dec precipitation days = 3
|Jan humidity = 45
|Feb humidity = 45
|Mar humidity = 50
|Apr humidity = 56
|May humidity = 67
|Jun humidity = 71
|Jul humidity = 69
|Aug humidity = 62
|Sep humidity = 54
|Oct humidity = 47
|Nov humidity = 44
|Dec humidity = 44
|source 1 = Dirección Meteorológica de Chile: Climatología<ref>{{cite web
| url = http://164.77.222.61/climatologia/publicaciones/Estadistica_ClimatologicaIII.pdf
| title = Estadisca Climatologica<br/>Tomo III
| accessdate = April 25, 2016
| publisher = Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil
| language = Spanish
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120417142500/http://164.77.222.61/climatologia/publicaciones/Estadistica_ClimatologicaIII.pdf
| archive-date = April 17, 2012
| url-status = dead
}}</ref><ref name=saclim>{{cite web
| url = http://164.77.222.61/saclim
| title = Temperatura Mensual Histórica de Chile Chico Ad. (460001)
| work = Sistema de Administración de Datos Climatológicos
| accessdate = April 25, 2016
| publisher = Dirección Meteorológica de Chile
| language = Spanish
| url-status = dead
| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20160603004431/http://164.77.222.61/saclim/
| archivedate = June 3, 2016
}}</ref>
|date=August 2010
}}
</div>

==Demographics==
According to the 2002 [[census]] of the [[National Statistics Institute (Chile)|National Statistics Institute]], Chile Chico spans an area of {{convert|5922.3|sqkm|0|abbr=on}} and has 4,444 inhabitants (2,378 men and 2,066 women). Of these, 3,042 (68.5%) lived in [[urban area]]s and 1,402 (31.5%) in [[rural area]]s. The population grew by 18.3% (687 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses.<ref name= "INE"/>

==Administration==
As a commune, Chile Chico is a third-level [[administrative division of Chile]] administered by a [[municipal council]], headed by an [[alcalde]] who is directly elected every four years. The 2008-2012 alcalde is Luperciano Muñoz González ([[Party for Democracy (Chile)|PPD]]).<ref name="Munitel"/><ref name="Official"/>

Within the [[electoral divisions of Chile]], Chile Chico is represented in the [[Chamber of Deputies of Chile|Chamber of Deputies]] by René Alinco ([[Christian Democratic Party|PDC]]) and David Sandoval ([[Independent Democratic Union|UDI]]) as part of the 59th electoral district, which includes the entire [[Aisén Region]]. The commune is represented in the [[Senate of Chile|Senate]] by Antonio Horvath Kiss ([[National Renewal (Chile)|RN]]) and Patricio Walker Prieto (PDC) as part of the 18th senatorial constituency (Aisén Region).
[[File:ChileChico-001.jpg|thumb|Chile Chico by ship and horse]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{in lang|es}} [http://www.chilechico.cl/ Municipality of Chile Chico]

{{Communes in Aisén Region}}

[[Category:Communes of Chile]]
[[Category:Populated lakeshore places in Chile]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1929]]
[[Category:Populated places in General Carrera Province]]
[[Category:Capitals of Chilean provinces]]