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Aysén, Chile

FieldValue
official_nameAysén
other_nameAisén
settlement_typeCommune
image_mapComuna de Aisén.svg
map_captionLocation of the Commune of Aysén in Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Region
map_altLocation of the Commune of Aysén in Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Region
pushpin_mapChile
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pushpin_label_positionbottom
pushpin_map_altLocation in Chile
pushpin_map_captionLocation in Chile
coordinates
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameChile
subdivision_type1Region
subdivision_name1Aysén
subdivision_type2Province
subdivision_name2Aysén
government_footnotes
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government_typeMunicipality
leader_titleAlcalde
leader_partyInd
leader_nameJulio Uribe Alvarado
established_titleFounded
established_date1957
unit_prefMetric
area_total_km229970.4
population_footnotes
population_as_of2012 Census
population_total22421
population_density_km2auto
population_blank1_titleUrban
population_blank119580
population_blank2_titleRural
population_blank22773
demographics_type1Sex
demographics1_footnotes
demographics1_title1Men
demographics1_info111853
demographics1_title2Women
demographics1_info210500
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elevation_m8
area_code56 + 67
websiteOfficial website

Aysén or Aisén (pronounced: ) is a Chilean commune located in Aysén Province, Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Region. It is home to the city of Puerto Aysén and to the towns of Villa Mañiguales and Puerto Chacabuco. It is the largest commune in Chile in total area, and it is slightly larger than Armenia.

A note on orthography

Chile’s Instituto Geográfico Militar (IGM) prefers the spelling Aisén, as did formerly the Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas (INE). However, since 2010 the INE has conformed to the locally preferred, and overwhelmingly more frequently used, form Aysén.

Demographics

|1930 |6835 |1940 |13751 |1952 |8754 |1970 |13525 |1982 |13538 |1992 |19090 |2002 |22353 |2017 |23959 |2024 |23170 According to the 2002 INE census, Aysén had 22,353 inhabitants (11,853 males and 10,500 females), of whom 19,580 (87.6%) lived in urban areas and 2,773 (12.4%) in rural areas at that time. Between the censuses of 1992 and 2002 the population had grown by 17.1% (3,263 persons).

Administration

As a commune, Aysén is a third-level administrative division of Chile administered by a municipal council, headed by an alcalde who is directly elected every four years. As of October 2024, the current alcalde was Julio Uribe Alvarado.

Within the electoral divisions of Chile, Aysén is represented in the Chamber of Deputies by René Alinco (PDC) and David Sandoval (UDI) as part of the 59th electoral district, which includes the entire Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Region. The commune is represented in the Senate by Antonio Horvath Kiss (RN) and Patricio Walker Prieto (PDC) as part of the 18th senatorial constituency (Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Region).

References

References

  1. "Asociación Chilena de Municipalidades".
  2. "Municipality of Aysén".
  3. "National Institute of Statistics".
  4. "Chile Time". WorldTimeZones.org.
  5. "Chile Summer Time". WorldTimeZones.org.
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