Padre Las Casas () is a
Chilean
city
A city is a human settlement of notable size.Goodall, B. (1987) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Human Geography''. London: Penguin.Kuper, A. and Kuper, J., eds (1996) ''The Social Science Encyclopedia''. 2nd edition. London: Routledge. It can be def ...
and
commune located in
Cautín Province,
Araucanía Region. Padre Las Casas spans a landlocked area of .
Demographics
According to the 2002
census of the
National Statistics Institute, Padre Las Casas spans an area of and has 58,795 inhabitants (29,327 men and 29,468 women). Of these, 33,697 (57.3%) lived in
urban areas and 25,098 (42.7%) in
rural areas. Between the 1992 and 2002 censuses, the population grew by 26.9% (12,470 persons).
Notable people
*
Francisca Linconao,
Mapuche rights defender
References
External links
Municipality of Padre Las Casas
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Communes of Chile
Populated places in Cautín Province
1995 establishments in Chile