Coronel, Chile
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Postal code | 4190000 |
Area code | 56 + 41 |
Website | Official website (in Spanish) |
Coronel (Spanish pronunciation: [koɾoˈnel]) is a Chilean city and commune, located in the Concepción Province of the eighth region of Biobío.
Geography
The city of Coronel is located in a sandy platform that goes from the mouth of the Biobío River to the Arauco Gulf bay, a muddy landscape, full of forests, typical of the region.
This muddy, forested landscape enclosed by high mountains was what the first
The total area of the commune is 279.4 km2 (108 sq mi).
Santa María Island also forms part of the city, which is represented there by a municipal delegate.
Climate
The climate of Coronel is
History
Like all territory to the south of Biobío River, this area was populated by the Mapuche. Historically, Spaniards called them as Araucaníans (araucanos) and their coastal territory as Araucanía.
This territory is a part of the
The indigenous population of Coronel Bay was located into a war zone called Butanmapu de la costa. From the descriptions made by the Spaniards, it is probable that before the Spaniards' colonization, half of the Mapuche population lived in this region. Also, the population density of the tribes was evenly distributed on both east and west sides of the Cordillera de Nahuelbuta
The city of Lota was an early coal mining settlement in the area. The mine was composed of "Chiflones" 1, 2, 3, 4, Pique Santa Maria, and Pique Arenas Blancas. This was the last mine closed, because of a grisu gas explosion where 21 miners died. This mine was the deepest in South America, at 1,000 m (3,281 ft).[citation needed]
The World War I naval Battle of Coronel between ships of the United Kingdom and Germany was fought on 1 November 1914 off the coast of Coronel.
The city was the seat of Lautaro Department, later known as the Coronel Department.
In March 2013, an investigation was started after thousands of sea animals washed ashore.[3]
Demographics
According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Coronel spans an area of 279.4 km2 (108 sq mi) and has 95,528 inhabitants (46,766 men and 48,762 women). Of these, 91,469 (95.8%) lived in urban areas and 4,059 (4.2%) in rural areas. Between the 1992 and 2002 censuses, the population grew by 14.5% (12,102 persons).[2] The demonym for a man from Coronel is Coronelino and Coronelina for a woman.
Administration
As a commune, Coronel is a third-level
- José Suazo Muñoz
- Francisco Merino Olivares
- Edmundo Salas Norambuena
- Francisco Reyes Aguayo
- Daniel Rosales Salgado
- Hugo Monsalves Obreque
- Carmen Madinagoitia Chamorro
- Osvaldo Campos Torres
Within the electoral divisions of Chile, Coronel is represented in the Chamber of Deputies by Marcelo Chávez (
References
- ^ a b "Municipality of Coronel" (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 July 2010.
- ^ a b c d "National Statistics Institute" (in Spanish). Retrieved 28 July 2010.
- ^ Thousands of prawns wash ashore in Chile Archived 2013-03-23 at the Wayback Machine March 21, 2013 Euronews
External links
- (in Spanish) Municipality of Coronel