The Colchagua Valley , Chile

A great wine valley in Santa Cruz, Chile

The Colchagua Valley covers an area of 500,000 hectares. and is divided into approximately 10 communes, Chimbarongo, Placilla, Chepica, Nancagua, Santa Cruz, Palmilla, Peralillo, LOLOL, Pumanque, and San Fernando that is the provincial capital, additionally has been added to the Designation of Origin Wine Valley Colchagua commune Marchigue, as a natural extension of the Valley. This fully enclosed by hills with their chains of the provinces of north and Cachapoal Curico south, with Argentina and the Middle West to the Pacific Ocean. It is one of three provinces that make up Region VI del Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins.

The total population of the province of Colchagua, according to the latest national register is approximately 205,000 inhabitants, the main ethnic origin of the European population is Spanish, which is concentrated mainly in rural areas.

The main economic activity is agriculture, stressing the Vitivinicultura as the axis of development of the province has 23,000 hectares of vineyards fine, being the second denomination of origin country's largest in area planted, and the first in Chile regarding the planted thin varieties of French origin, as Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Malbec and Syrah.

Other important agricultural activities are the production of fresh fruits such as table grapes and plums, the main annual crops are maize and wheat, and livestock production is concentrated lambs and South American camelids as the Alpaca. In recent years it has added a new activity, wine tourism, which has generated a huge investment in infrastructure Hotel, Restaurants, Wine Train, and reception centers for tourists in the vineyards. It is one of the fastest growing provinces in the country, has the lowest unemployment rates nationally, less than 3%.

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