She has long been acclaimed as a great folk artist, author, painter, researcher and singer. The house where this famous artist was born is located in the city of San Carlos. It was declared National Monument by Law Decree 668 on September 29, 1992. San Carlos is also the birthplace of other well-known artists. Among them there are painters such as Hernán Gazmuri and a popular band from the 1970s, Los Ángeles Negros. Administration As a commune, San Carlos is a third-level administrative division of Chile administered by a municipal council, headed by an alcalde who is directly elected every four years. The 2008-2012 alcalde is Hugo Naim Gebrie Asfura (RN), and the councilors are: Pedro Méndez Sánchez: (RN) Héctor Guzmán Vásquez: (RN) Carlos Cortés Fuentes (RN) César Ortiz Gallegos: UDI Salvador Iván Rodríguez Rodríguez PDC Lucrecia Flores Rodríguez: PS Within the electoral divisions of Chile, San Carlos is represented in the Chamber of Deputies by Jorge Sabag (PDC) and Frank Sauerbaum (RN) as part of the 42nd electoral district, together with San Fabián, Ñiquén, San Nicolás, Ninhue, Quirihue, Cobquecura, Treguaco, Portezuelo, Coelemu, Ránquil, Quillón, Bulnes, Cabrero and Yumbel. The commune is represented in the Senate by Alejandro Navarro Brain (MAS) and Hosain Sabag Castillo (PDC) as part of the 12th senatorial constituency (Biobío-Cordillera). Twin cities San Carlos is twinned with the Spanish city of Baena located in Andalucia, southern Spain, in the province of Córdoba. San Carlos' founder, José Joaquín del Pino de Rozas y Negrete, was born in Baena. References 4. Blau, J. A. (2013, November 13). Violeta Parra. In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved March 6, 2017, from https://www.britannica.com/biography/Violeta-Parra 5. Eskenazi, G. (2012, June 30). In Chile, Rodeo Rules the Land. The New York Times. Retrieved February 28, 2017, from http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/01/sports/in-chile-rodeo-rules-the-land.html 6. Parra, Isabel. (1985). El libro mayor de Violeta Parra. Madrid, España: Ediciones Michay. External links Municipality of San Carlos Maps, weather for San Carlos Aerial view of San Carlos, Chile (Google maps) About San Carlos (author: Jorge W Suazo, in Spanish and English) Map of central Chile Communes of Chile Populated places in Punilla Province 1800 establishments in the Spanish Empire