Cholchol is a

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and

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located in

Cautín Province Cautín Province ( es, Provincia de Cautín) is one of two provinces in the southern Chilean region of La Araucanía (IX), bounded on the north by Arauco and Malleco provinces, on the east by Argentina, on the south by Valdivia Province, and on ...

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. The commune was created by Law 19,944 on April 22, 2004 by dividing off the northern area of the existing

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commune.

Demographics

According to the 2002

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of the

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, Cholchol spans an area of and has 10,065 inhabitants. Of these, 3,355 (33.3%) lived in

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s and 6,710 (66.7%) in

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s. The population grew by 9.3% (859 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses.

Administration

As a

, Cholchol is a third-level administrative division of Chile administered by a communal council, headed by an alcalde who is directly elected every four years. The 2012-presente alcalde is Luis Huirilef Barra. The communal council has the following members: * Julio Torres López (UDI) * Silvia Francisca Huirilef Barra ( PPD) * José Amador Matamala Molina ( RN) * Juan Neculhual Tropa (PPD) * Israel Gutiérrez Narváez ( DC) * Samuel Curamil Huircapán (UDI) Within the electoral divisions of Chile, Cholchol belongs to the 51st electoral district and 15th senatorial constituency.

References

External links

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Municipality of Cholchol
{{Communes in Araucanía Region Communes of Chile Populated places in Cautín Province 2004 establishments in Chile