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Traiguén

FieldValue
nameTraiguén
native_name_langes
settlement_typeCity and Commune
image_altWelcome sign in Traiguén
image_captionWelcome sign in Traiguén
flag_altFlag
shield_altCoat of arms
image_mapComuna de Traiguén.svg
map_altLocation in the Araucanía Region
map_captionLocation in the Araucanía 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_name1Araucanía
subdivision_type2Province
subdivision_name2Malleco
government_footnotes
government_typeMunicipality
leader_titleAlcalde
leader_partyInd.
leader_nameRicardo Sanhueza Pirce
unit_prefMetric
area_footnotes
area_total_km2908.0
elevation_m188
population_footnotes
population_total17164
population_as_of2012 Census
population_density_km2auto
population_blank1_titleUrban
population_blank114140
population_blank2_titleRural
population_blank25394
demographics_type1Sex
demographics1_footnotes
demographics1_title1Men
demographics1_info19,734
demographics1_title2Women
demographics1_info29,800
timezoneCLT
utc_offset−4
timezone_DSTCLST
utc_offset_DST−3
area_codecountry 56 + city 45
websiteMunicipality of Traiguén

Traiguén () is a Chilean city and commune in the Malleco Province, Araucanía Region.

Demographics

|1885 |10324 |1895 |15357 |1907 |15328 |1920 |17000 |1930 |17832 |1940 |19638 |1952 |19341 |1960 |19498 |1970 |19381 |1982 |20448 |1992 |20622 |2002 |19534 |2017 |18843 |2024 |18873 According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Traiguén spans an area of 908 sqkm and has 19,534 inhabitants (9,734 men and 9,800 women). Of these, 14,140 (72.4%) lived in urban areas and 5,394 (27.6%) in rural areas. Between the 1992 and 2002 censuses, the population fell by 5.3% (1,088 persons).

Administration

As a commune, Traiguén 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 2012-2016 alcalde is Luis Alvarez (Ind.).And The municipal council 2012-2016 has the following members:

  • Ricardo Sanhueza Pirce PPD
  • Essio Guidotti Vallejos PPD
  • Eliecer Cerda Soto IND
  • Pablo Mena Osses PRS
  • Roberto Weidmann Ramirez UDI
  • Rosanna Rathgeb Fuentes RN

Within the electoral divisions of Chile, Traiguén is represented in the Chamber of Deputies by Gonzalo Arenas (UDI) and Mario Venegas (PDC) as part of the 48th electoral district, together with Angol, Renaico, Collipulli, Ercilla, Los Sauces, Purén and Lumaco. The commune is represented in the Senate by Alberto Espina Otero (RN) and Jaime Quintana Leal (PPD) as part of the 14th senatorial constituency (Araucanía-North).

Climate

| access-date = 27 May 2024 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091122225453/http://www.ecolyma.cl/documentos/bioclimatografia_de_chile.pdf |archive-date = 22 November 2009

Education

Previously the area had a German school, the Deutsche Schule Traiguén.

References

References

  1. "Asociación Chilena de Municipalidades".
  2. "Municipality of Traiguén".
  3. "National Statistics Institute".
  4. "[http://dipbt.bundestag.de/doc/btd/04/036/0403672.pdf Deutscher Bundestag 4. Wahlperiode Drucksache IV/3672]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20160312191648/http://dipbt.bundestag.de/doc/btd/04/036/0403672.pdf Archive]). [[Bundestag]] (West Germany). 23 June 1965. Retrieved on 12 March 2016. p. 24/51.
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