O'Higgins | |
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 Location of the O'Higgins commune in Aisén Region   O'Higgins Location in Chile | |
| Coordinates: 48°28′S 72°34′W / 48.467°S 72.567°W | |
| Country | Chile |
| Region | Aisén |
| Province | Capitán Prat |
| Seat | Villa O'Higgins |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Alcalde | Roberto Guillermo Recabal Cárcamo (Ind) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 8,182.5 km2 (3,159.3 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 269 m (883 ft) |
| Population (2012 Census)[1] | |
| • Total | 540 |
| • Density | 0.066/km2 (0.17/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 0 |
| • Rural | 463 |
| Sex | |
| • Men | 277 |
| • Women | 186 |
| Time zone | UTC−04:00 (CLT[2]) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−03:00 (CLST[3]) |
| Area code | 56 + 67 |
O'Higgins is a Chilean commune in Capitán Prat Province, located around O'Higgins Lake in the south east of Aisén Region. The commune is administered by the municipality in Villa O'Higgins, the principal settlement.
O'Higgins contains 4,338—or 28.5%—of Aysén Region's 15,240 ha of Sphagnum bogs.[4]
- ^ a b c "National Statistics Institute" (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 January 2010.
- ^ "Chile Time". WorldTimeZones.org. Archived from the original on 2007-09-11. Retrieved 2007-05-05.
- ^ "Chile Summer Time". WorldTimeZones.org. Archived from the original on 2007-09-11. Retrieved 2007-05-05.
- ^ Villaroel, Dagoberto; Henríquez, José Manuel; Domínguez, Erwin; Silva, Fernán; Martínez, MaríaPaz; Báez, John. "Distribución geográfica de turberas de Sphagnum en la región de Aysén". In Domínguez, Erwin; Martínez, María Paz (eds.). Funciones y servicios ecosistémicos de las turberas de Sphagnum en la Región de Aysén (in Spanish). Coyhaique: Instituto de Investigación Agropecuaria: Centro Regional de Investigación Tamel Aike. pp. 21–47.