Quilleco
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Quilleco | |
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| Area code | 56 + 43 |
| Website | Municipality of Quilleco |
Quilleco (literally means "water of tears") is a
Bío Bío Region
.
Demographics
According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Quilleco spans an area of 1,121.8 km2 (433 sq mi) and has 10,428 inhabitants (5,378 men and 5,050 women). Of these, 5,486 (52.6%) lived in urban areas and 4,942 (47.4%) in rural areas. Between the 1992 and 2002 censuses, the population fell by 0.6% (64 persons).[2]
Economy
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The principal economic activity of the area is agriculture with traditional crops such as
GWh
. Quilleco has a 70 MW installed potential, and it generates an average annual of 450 GWh.
Administration
As a commune, Quilleco 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 2008-2012 alcalde is Rodrigo Tapia Avello (ILE). The municipal council has the following members:[1]
- Sergio Daniel Espinoza Almendras (PDC)
- Claudio Velosos Vallejos (ILE)
- Miriam Soto Quezada (PRSD)
- Omar Parra Lagos (ILA)
- German Sepulveda Mellado (PS)
- Eduardo Bartholomaus Strick (UDI)
Within the
PDC
) as part of the 13th senatorial constituency (Biobío-Coast).
References
- ^ a b "Asociación Chilena de Municipalidades" (in Spanish).
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|url=(help) - ^ a b c d "National Statistics Institute" (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 February 2010.
- ^ "Chile Time". WorldTimeZones.org. Archived from the original on September 11, 2007. Retrieved 2010-07-28.
- ^ "Chile Summer Time". WorldTimeZones.org. Archived from the original on September 11, 2007. Retrieved 2010-07-28.
External links
- (in Spanish) Municipality of Quilleco