Tomé () is a port
city
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and
commune in the
Biobío Region of
Chile. It is bordered by
Coelemu to the north,
Ránquil and
Florida to the east,
Penco
Penco (Mapudungun: See (''Pen''), Water (''Ko'')), is a Chilean city and commune in Concepción Province, Bío Bío Region on the Bay of Concepción. Founded as the city of Concepción del Nuevo Extremo ('beginning of the new extreme') on Februa ...
to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. The local economy is based mainly on
textile manufacturing and
fishing industry.
History
27 February 2010 quake
The 8.8 magnitude
27 February 2010 earthquake greatly affected Tome,
Constitucion,
Concepcion,
Talcahuano.
Demographics
According to the 2002
census of the
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, Tomé spans an area of and has 52,440 inhabitants (25,263 men and 27,177 women). Of these, 45,959 (87.6%) lived in
urban areas and 6,481 (12.4%) in
rural areas. The population grew by 6.4% (3,156 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses.
The commune includes the localities of Rafael, Menque, Cocholgüe, Punta de Parra and
Dichato.
Education
Previously the area had a German school, Deutsche Schule Tomé. The City has many good primary schools and high schools. Universidad de Concepción, one of the best universities of Chile is 30 minutes away.
Deutscher Bundestag 4. Wahlperiode Drucksache IV/3672
Archive
. Bundestag (West Germany). 23 June 1965. Retrieved on 12 March 2016. p. 23/51.
Notable people
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Erasmo Moena
Erasmo Antonio Moena Pinto (born January 10, 1970), known as The Psychopath of Placilla (Spanish: ''El psicópata de Placilla''), is a Chilean murderer and suspected serial killer. Convicted and sentenced to 60 years imprisonment for a double mur ...
- murderer and suspected
serial killer
References
External links
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Municipality of Tomé
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Communes of Chile
Populated places in Concepción Province
Populated places established in 1544
1544 establishments in the Spanish Empire