Las Araucarias, Carahue
Las Araucarias is a hamlet (Spanish: caserío) in Araucanía Region, Chile. It is located at 640 m asl. in Cordillera de Nahuelbuta next to a small remnant of some of the southernmost Araucaria araucana trees in the Chilean Coast Range. By 1950 there were 1000 ha of Araucaria araucana forest around Las Araucarias, but by 2016 only 40 ha remained, of which 10,3 ha are protected in the Villa las Araucarias site.
Notes
- ^ "Asociación Chilena de Municipalidades" (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 February 2011.
- ^ "Municipality of Carahue" (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 February 2011.
- ^ "Ciudades, pueblos, aldeas y caceríos 2019" (PDF) (in Spanish). National Statistics Institute. 2019. Retrieved November 1, 2020.
- ^ "Villa las Araucarias" (in Spanish). Ministry of National Assets. Retrieved 2023-05-08.
- ^ "Manuel Gedda: "Los bosques de araucaria son el único testimonio vivo de la era jurásica que queda en el planeta"". uc.cl (in Spanish). 2016-09-16. Retrieved 2023-05-08.
38°29′43.2″S 73°14′12.49″W / 38.495333°S 73.2368028°W
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