Canela, Chile

Coordinates: 31°23′56″S 71°27′22″W / 31.39889°S 71.45611°W / -31.39889; -71.45611
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Canela
Canela Baja
Canela Baja
Flag of Canela
Coat of arms
UTC-3 (CLST[5])
Area code56 + 53
Websitewww.canela.cl

Canela is one of four

capital is the town of Canela Baja
.

Administration

Municipal building at Luis Infante Nº 520 in Canela Baja.

As a commune, Canela is administered by a municipal council, headed by a directly elected alcalde. The municipal building (alcaldía) is located at Luis Infante Nº 520 in Canela Baja.[2] The commune is administered by alcalde Juan Bernardo Leyton Lemus (Independent-PC) from 2012 to 2016, who won the election with 50,21% of the vote against 41,15% of his nearest rival, former mayor Norman Araya Araya (Independent). The commune has a total of six councilors:[1]

  1. Manuel Ángel Navarro Vega (PC)
  2. Ana Margarita Vega Flores (PPD)
  3. Miguel Pereira Bugueño (RN)
  4. Darwin Cortés Palma (UDI)
  5. Néstor Valle Tapia (PC-
    Ind.
    )
  6. Gustavo Gallardo Trigo (
    PDC
    )

Canela belongs to the 9th

Adriana Muñoz (PPD
).

Geography

Canela spans an area of 2,196.6 km (1,365 mi).

, at kilometer 299.

Climate

The waters of the Canela stream flow into the Choapa River, which drains into the Pacific Ocean. The area's climate is steppe or semiarid. The average annual precipitation is about 169.51 mm (7 in).

Demographics

According to data from the 2002 Census of Population and Housing, the Canela commune had 9,379 inhabitants; of these, 1,744 (18.9%) lived in urban areas and 7,635 (81.4%) in rural areas. Thus, the Canela population represents 1.5% of regional population and 11.4% of the provincial population.

References

  1. ^ a b "Municipality of Canela" (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 September 2010.
  2. ^ a b "Government of Chile: SUBDERE - Alcaldes and Councilors" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on June 6, 2007. Retrieved 1 September 2010.
  3. ^ a b c d "National Statistics Institute" (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 May 2010.
  4. ^ "Chile Time". WorldTimeZones.org. Archived from the original on 2007-09-11. Retrieved 2010-07-29.
  5. ^ "Chile Summer Time". WorldTimeZones.org. Archived from the original on 2007-09-11. Retrieved 2010-07-29.

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