General Carrera Province () is one of four

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of the southern

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of Aisen (XI). Its capital city is Chile Chico.

Administration

As a province, General Carrera is a second-level

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, governed by a provincial governor appointed by the

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. The province comprises two communes, Río Ibáñez and Chile Chico; each is governed by a municipality, headed by an

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Geography and demography

According to the 2017 census by the National Statistics Institute (''INE''), the province spans an area of and had a population of 7,531 inhabitants (4,022 men and 3,509 women), giving it a population density of . It is the sixth least populated province in the country. Of these, 3,042 (44%) lived in urban areas and 3,879 (56%) in rural areas, according to the 2002 census. Between the 1992 and 2002 censuses, the population grew by 6% (392 persons) while, between the 2002 and 2017 ones, it grew by 9.2% (610 persons).

References

{{Communes in Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Region Provinces of Aysén Region Provinces of Chile