Máfil,_Chile
Máfil
Commune in Los Rios, Chile
Máfil (Mapudungun for embraced between rivers) is a city and commune of the Valdivia Province, Los Ríos Region in southern Chile, about 30 km northeast of Valdivia.
The commune is the site of a diary industry[5] and the town of Máfil a local centre of commerce and services such as basic education and a community health center.[6][7] Relative to other communes of Los Ríos Region Máfil stands out for its central position and good road connections to the surrounding communes.[8]
The climate of Máfil is temperate oceanic with at least four dry months.[9] A total of 803 mm of precipitation occurs in winter and 189 mm in summer according to averages calculated in 1989.[10] The natural vegetation of Máfil is Valdivian temperate forests.[9]
The main natural resources of Máfil are the forest and their timber, the gold of Madre de Dios and coal in Pupunahue and Millahuillín.[11][12] The commune has soils of volcanic origin including trumaos.[13]