Chillán Viejo

Coordinates: 36°37′26″S 72°08′09″W / 36.62389°S 72.13583°W / -36.62389; -72.13583
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Chillán Viejo
City and Commune
Statue of Bernardo O'Higgins
Statue of Bernardo O'Higgins
Flag
Flag
Coat of arms
Coat of arms
Location of the commune of Chillán Viejo in the Ñuble Region
Chillán Viejo in the Ñuble Region
UTC−3 (CLST)
Area code56 + 42
ClimateCsb
WebsiteOfficial website (in Spanish)

Chillán Viejo is a

the Diguillín Province of Chile Region of Ñuble According to the 2002 census, the population of the commune was 22,084 and it has an area of 292 km2 (113 sq mi).[3]

History

Originally, Chillán Viejo was the location of a

Francisco de Quiñónez immediately repaired it in April 1599. Later, in 1655, the same Mapuche and the neighboring Pehuenches forced the citizens to abandon it again. When it was again reoccupied, it was demolished by an earthquake on March 15, 1657. It was repopulated again in 1663, under Ángel de Peredo. The earthquake of May 25, 1751, that ruined old Concepcion, also damaged the city, aggravated considerably by a simultaneous extraordinary flooding of the Chillán River
. This forced its transfer two years later to the site that it occupies today.

It acquired some fame during the

Pincheira on September 18, 1819. It became the capital of the Chillán Department and after it was ruined in the earthquake of February 20, 1835, most of its population was moved 3 km (2 mi) to the northeast to form the present city of Chillán.[4]

Demographics

According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Chillán Viejo spans an area of 291.8 km2 (113 sq mi) and has 22,084 inhabitants (10,791 men and 11,293 women). Of these, 18,827 (85.3%) lived in urban areas and 3,257 (14.7%) in rural areas. Between the 1992 and 2002 censuses, the population grew by 32.1% (5,369 persons).[3] The 2017 census showed that the total population for the commune was 30,907. The demonym for a person from Chillán Viejo is Chillanvejano or Chillanvejana for a woman.

Notable Chillanvejanos

Chillán Viejo was the birthplace of Francisco Núñez de Pineda y Bascuñán in 1607 and Bernardo O'Higgins in 1778.

Administration

As a commune, Chillán Viejo is a third-level

Ind.). The municipal council has the following members:[1][2]

Within the

PDC
) as part of the 13th senatorial constituency (Biobío-Coast).

References

  1. ^ a b "Asociación Chilena de Municipalidades" (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 February 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Municipality of Chillán Viejo" (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 February 2011.
  3. ^ a b c d e "National Statistics Institute" (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 July 2010.
  4. Francisco Solano Asta Buruaga y Cienfuegos, Diccionario geográfico de la República de Chile, pg 235-236
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