Gorbea 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 of Chile, provinces in the southern Chilean Regions of Chile, region of La Araucanía Region, La Araucanía (IX), bounded on the north by Arauco Province, Arauco and Malleco Prov ...

Araucanía Region The Araucanía ( ), La Araucanía Region ( es, Región de La Araucanía ) is one of Chile's 16 first-order administrative divisions, and comprises two provinces: Malleco in the north and Cautín in the south. Its capital and largest city is Te ...

Demographics

According to the 2002

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of the

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, Gorbea spans an area of and has 15,222 inhabitants (7,609 men and 7,613 women). Of these, 9,413 (61.8%) lived in

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s and 5,809 (38.2%) in

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s. Between the 1992 and 2002 censuses, the population grew by 3.9% (570 persons).

Administration

As a commune, Gorbea is a third-level

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administered by a

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, headed by an

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who is directly elected every four years. The 2016-2020 alcalde is Guido Siegmund González (

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). Within the

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, Gorbea is represented in the

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by René Manuel García ( RN) and Fernando Meza ( PRSD) as part of the 52nd electoral district, together with Cunco,

Pucón Pucón (Mapudungun: "entrance to the cordillera") is a Chilean city and commune administered by the municipality of Pucón https://www.mipucon.com/ sitio web. It is located in the Province of Cautín, Araucanía Region, 100 km to the south ...

Curarrehue Curarrehue () is a town and commune in Cautín Province of Araucanía Region, Chile. The origin of Curarrehue dates back to the occupation of Araucanía and the Conquest of the Desert by the Chilean and Argentine army respectively in the 1870s and ...

, Villarrica,

Loncoche Loncoche (Mapudungun for "head of an important person") is a city and commune in Cautín Province in the Araucanía Region, southern Chile. It is located near the border to Los Ríos Region and the city of Lanco. Loncoche is a major centre for m ...

and

Toltén Toltén is a Chilean commune located at the lower flows Toltén River at the southern coast of Cautín Province which is part of Araucanía Region. The commune is administered by the municipality Nueva Toltén, the main harbour and town within th ...

. The commune is represented in the

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by José Garcia Ruminot (RN) and Eugenio Tuma Zedan ( PPD) as part of the 15th senatorial constituency (Araucanía-South).

Education

Previously the area had a German school, Deutsche Schule Gorbea.Deutscher Bundestag 4. Wahlperiode Drucksache IV/3672

Archive
.

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(West Germany). 23 June 1965. Retrieved on 12 March 2016. p. 22/51.

References

External links

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Municipality of Gorbea
{{Authority control Communes of Chile Populated places in Cautín Province 1887 establishments in Chile