Pencahue
Pencahue | |
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Area code | 56 + 71 |
Website | Municipality of Pencahue |
Pencahue (Spanish pronunciation: [peŋˈkawe]) is a town and commune in Chile, located in Talca Province, in the seventh region of Maule. The commune spans and area of 956.8 km2 (369 sq mi).[3]
Also there are another three places called Pencahue, near to San Vicente de Tagua Tagua, Sexta Región, Chile. Their names are: Pencahue Central, Pencahue Abajo (some people call it only Pencahue Bajo) and Plaza de Pencahue.
Demographics
According to data from the 2002 Census of Population and Housing, Pencahue had 8,315 inhabitants; of these, 2,037 (24.5%) lived in urban areas and 6,278 (75.5%) in rural areas. At that time, there were 4,517 men and 3,798 women. The population grew 5.9% (461 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses.[3]
Administration
As a commune, Pencahue is a third-level
Within the
References
- ^ "Asociación Chilena de Municipalidades" (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 January 2011.
- ^ a b "Municipality of Pencahue" (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 January 2011.
- ^ a b c d e "National Statistics Institute" (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 August 2010.
- ^ "Chile Time". WorldTimeZones.org. Archived from the original on 2010-07-13. Retrieved 2010-08-29.
- ^ "Chile Summer Time". WorldTimeZones.org. Archived from the original on 2007-09-11. Retrieved 2010-08-29.
- ^ "Asociación Chilena de Municipalidades" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2011-04-19. Retrieved 22 January 2010.
External links
- (in Spanish) Municipality of Pencahue