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El Salto Airport
El Salto Airport ( es, Aeropuerto El Salto, ) is an airport northwest of Parral, a city in the Maule Region of Chile. See also * * *Transport in Chile *List of airports in Chile This is a list of airports in Chile, sorted by location. __TOC__ Airports Airport names shown in bold indicate the airport has scheduled commercial airline service. Links to Spanish language Wikipedia are added for some communities. See als ... References External linksOpenStreetMap - El Salto - El Salto Airport * Airports in Maule Region {{Chile-airport-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parral, Chile
Parral is a city and commune in the Linares Province of Chile's Maule Region. Geography Parral is located south of Linares and 97 kilometers south of Talca, on the southern border of the Maule Region and Linares Province. Parral borders on the north with the communes of Longaví, Retiro and Colbún (with which it shares a short border in the cordillerana zone); on the west with the commune of Cauquenes (Cauquenes Province); on the south with the commune of Ñiquén and San Fabián and Ñuble Region); and on the east, with the commune of San Fabián. The commune of Parral is in area. The river Perquilauquén forms its southern border. History Parral was founded in 1795 by the Viceroy of Peru, Ambrosio O'Higgins. It was originally named Villa Reina Luisa del Parral in honor of the wife of Carlos IV, the King of Spain. Parral is the birthplace of poet Pablo Neruda, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1971. Demography The city of Parral is the second most populous c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maule Region
The Maule Region ( es, Región del Maule, ) is one of Chile's 16 first order administrative divisions. Its capital is Talca. The region derives its name from the Maule River which, running westward from the Andes, bisects the region and spans a basin of about 20,600 km2. The Maule river is of considerable historic interest because, among other reasons, it marked the southern limits of the Inca Empire. Geography and ecology The region covers an area of and is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean; on the east by the Argentina; on the north by the O'Higgins Region, and on the south by the Ñuble Region. There are a number of flora and fauna species present in Maule. For example, the endangered Chilean Wine Palm ('' Jubaea chilensis'') is found in a very limited distribution that includes the Maule Region. The limited distribution '' Nothofagus alessandri'' is also found in the region. Demography According to the 2017 census, the population of the region was 1,033,19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Chile covers an area of , with a population of 17.5 million as of 2017. It shares land borders with Peru to the north, Bolivia to the north-east, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far south. Chile also controls the Pacific islands of Juan Fernández, Isla Salas y Gómez, Desventuradas, and Easter Island in Oceania. It also claims about of Antarctica under the Chilean Antarctic Territory. The country's capital and largest city is Santiago, and its national language is Spanish. Spain conquered and colonized the region in the mid-16th century, replacing Inca rule, but failing to conquer the independent Mapuche who inhabited what is now south-central Chile. In 1818, after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transport In Chile
Transport in Chile is mostly by road. The far south of the country is not directly connected to central Chile by road, and water transport also plays a part there. The railways were historically important in Chile, but now play a relatively small part in the country's transport system. Because of the country's geography and long distances between major cities, aviation is also important. Road transport Highways ''Total:'' 85,983 km ''Paved:'' 21,289 km ''Unpaved:'' 64,695 km (2020 est.) *Chile Highway 5 *Chile Highway 7 * Chile Highway 9 *Chile Highway 68 * Chile Highway 181 Freeways 3,347 km (2020 est.)< * * Chile Freeway 8 * [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Airports In Chile
This is a list of airports in Chile, sorted by location. __TOC__ Airports Airport names shown in bold indicate the airport has scheduled commercial airline service. Links to Spanish language Wikipedia are added for some communities. See also * List of the busiest airports in Chile * Directorate General of Civil Aviation (Chile) * Transportation in Chile * List of airports by ICAO code: S#SC – Chile * Wikipedia:WikiProject Aviation/Airline destination lists: South America#Chile References Dirección General de Aeronáutica Civil(DGAC) *AIP ChileAirports in Chilefrom Aerodromo.cl * * * - includes IATA codes Great Circle Mapper: Airports in Chile– IATA and ICAO codes World Aero Data: Chile– ICAO codes Airport records for Chileat Landings.com. Retrieved 2013-08-29 {{South America in topic, List of airports in * Airports Chile Airports Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the south ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
