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Ñiquén
Ñiquén is a commune of the Punilla Province, located in the north of the Ñuble Region of Chile. Geographically, it is delimited by the Perquilauquén River to the north and the Ñiquén River in the south. Its boundary to the north is the commune of Parral and to the west that of Cauquenes both in the Maule Region, to the south with the commune of San Carlos, and to the east with San Fabian de Alico. The town of San Gregorio is the capital of this commune. Demographics According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Ñiquén spans an area of and has 11,421 inhabitants (5,886 men and 5,535 women). Of these, 1,143 (10%) lived in urban areas and 10,278 (90%) in rural areas. The population fell by 13.2% (1735 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses. Administration As a commune, Ñiquén 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 al ...
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Electoral Divisions Of Chile
This article covers the electoral division of Chile, which involves two distinct systems: # Chamber of Deputies of Chile, Chamber of Deputies and Senate of Chile, Senate: Chile is divided into electoral districts and senatorial constituencies for the election of members of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate. # Regional Councils: For the election of members of the Regional Councils, Chile is divided into provincial constituencies, with each province generally corresponding to one constituency, although some provinces are further divided into multiple constituencies. The article includes lists of the various electoral structures and divisions in Chile. Chamber of Deputies electoral districts The Chamber of Deputies consists of 155 members across 28 electoral districts (''distrito electoral''), each electing between 3 and 8 deputies. These districts were created in 2015 by merging the previous 60 into larger ones. 1990-2018 electoral districts Between 1990 and 2018, there ...
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San Carlos, Chile
San Carlos is the name of a city and commune ( Spanish: ''comuna'') of Punilla Province in the Ñuble Region of Chile. Geography and agriculture San Carlos is a bustling market town located roughly in the center of Chile's agricultural heartland about south of Santiago, northeast of Concepción, the regional capital and north of Chillán, the provincial capital. It sits on an alluvial plain between nearby Chillán and the Perquilauquén river. The commune covers an area of . Its territory lies almost entirely within the fertile, central plain or "depresión intermedia", (Chilean Central Valley). Its countryside is reputed for its bountiful production of various crops as well as orchards (apple, grapes, berries, and more recently, kiwi). San Carlos is bordered on the west by the commune of Ninhue, on the north by Ñiquén and Cauquenes (the latter in Cauquenes Province), on the east by San Fabián, and on the south by San Nicolás, Chillán and Coihueco. Geograph ...
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Communes Of Chile
A commune (, ) is the smallest administrative subdivision in Chile. It may contain cities, towns, villages, hamlets as well as rural areas. In highly populated areas, such as Santiago, Valparaíso and Concepción, a conurbation may be broken into several communes. In sparsely populated areas, conversely, a commune may cover a substantial rural area together with several settled areas which could range from hamlets to towns or cities. The term "commune" is ambiguous in English, but the word is commonly used in translation for "comuna", although with some controversy among translators. A comuna is similar to a "county" in Anglo-American usage and practice, and may be more universally understood as a "municipality". Each commune or municipality is governed by a directly elected body known as a municipal council (''concejo municipal'') consisting of a mayor (''alcalde'') and a group of councillors (''concejales''), for a period of four years. The communal civil service admin ...
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Parral, Chile
Parral is a city and commune in the Linares Province of Chile's Maule Region. Geography Parral is located south of Linares and 97 kilometers south of Talca, on the southern border of the Maule Region and Linares Province. Parral borders on the north with the communes of Longaví, Retiro and Colbún (with which it shares a short border in the cordillerana zone); on the west with the commune of Cauquenes ( Cauquenes Province); on the south with the commune of Ñiquén and San Fabián and Ñuble Region); and on the east, with the commune of San Fabián. The commune of Parral is in area. The river Perquilauquén forms its southern border. History Parral was founded in 1795 by the Viceroy of Peru, Ambrosio O'Higgins. It was originally named Villa Reina Luisa del Parral in honor of the wife of Carlos IV, the King of Spain. Parral is the birthplace of poet Pablo Neruda, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1971. Demography The city of Parral is the second most ...
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Administrative Division Of Chile
The administrative division or territorial organization of Chile exemplifies characteristics of a unitary state. State administration is functionally and geographically decentralized, as appropriate for each authority in accordance with the law. For the interior government and administration within the State, the territory of the republic has been divided into 16 regions (''regiones''), 56 provinces (''provincias'') and 346 communes (''comunas'') since the 1970s process of reform, made at the request of the National Commission on Administrative Reform (''Comisión Nacional de la Reforma Administrativa'' or CONARA). State agencies exist to promote the strengthening of its regionalization, equitable development and solidarity between regions, provinces and communes within the nation. Since 2005, the creation, abolition and designation of regions, provinces and communes, the altering of their boundaries, and the establishment of the regional and provincial capitals are part of ...
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San Fabián
San Fabián is the easternmost of 21 communes in the Punilla Province of central Chile's. Ñuble Region. The capital is the town of San Fabián de Alico. The commune spans an area of . Administration As a commune, San Fabián is administered by a municipal council, headed by a directly elected alcalde. For 2024-2028 term, the alcalde is Cristofer Valdés González ( Ind.), and the council members are: * Evelyn Troncoso Sepúlveda ( UDI) * Maximiliano Quiñones Ceballos ( PPD) * Jaime Meriño Constanzo ( DC) * Samuel Muñoz Muñoz (Ind./ PR) * Carlos Orellana Orellana (PPD) * César Palavecino Morales (Ind./RN) Within the electoral divisions of Chile, San Fabián is represented in the Chamber of Deputies by Marta Bravo Salinas (UDI), Frank Sauerbaum Muñoz (RN), Cristóbal Martínez Ramírez (UDI), Sara Concha Smith ( PSC), and Felipe Camaño Cárdenas (DC) for the 2022–2026 term, as a part of the 19th electoral district (together with Bulnes, Cobquecura, Coelemu, Ñiqu ...
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Punilla Province
Punilla Province is one of the three provinces of the Ñuble Region of Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes, Andes Mountains and the Paci ... Communes * San Carlos * San Nicolás * San Fabián * Coihueco * Ñiquén References {{Provinces of Chile Provinces of Chile Provinces of Ñuble Region Punilla 2018 establishments in Chile 2018 in Chilean law ...
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Ñuble Region
The Ñuble Region (, ) officially the Region of Ñuble (), is — since 5 September 2018 – one of Chile's sixteen regions of Chile, regions. It spans an area of , making it the smallest region in Chile in terms of area, and is administratively constituted by 21 communes. It has a population of 480,609 inhabitants. Its capital is the city of Chillán. History This region has played a distinguished role in the History of Chile, history and culture of Chile. Many patriots who fought for Chilean War of Independence, independence, President of Chile, presidents, politicians, and artists, like pianist Claudio Arrau and folklorist Violeta Parra, were born here. On August 20, 2015, President Michelle Bachelet signed the bill that converted the Ñuble Province (1974-2018), Ñuble Province into a Regions of Chile, Region, and its legislative process began on the 1 September 2015, while on 10 January 2017, the project was approved in the first constitutional process in the Senate with 28 ...
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Census
A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of statistics. This term is used mostly in connection with Population and housing censuses by country, national population and housing censuses; other common censuses include Census of agriculture, censuses of agriculture, traditional culture, business, supplies, and traffic censuses. The United Nations (UN) defines the essential features of population and housing censuses as "individual enumeration, universality within a defined territory, simultaneity and defined periodicity", and recommends that population censuses be taken at least every ten years. UN recommendations also cover census topics to be collected, official definitions, classifications, and other useful information to coordinate international practices. The United Nations, UN's Food ...
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National Renewal (Chile)
National Renewal (, RN) is a liberal conservative political party in Chile. It is a member of Chile Vamos, a centre-right to right-wing coalition. Sebastián Piñera, the former President of Chile, was a member of the party. History National Renewal was formed on 29 April 1987 when three rightist organizations – the National Union Movement (''Movimiento de Unión Nacional'', MUN), the National Labour Front (''Frente Nacional del Trabajo'', FNT), and the Independent Democratic Union Movement (''Movimiento'' ''Unión Demócrata Independiente'', UDI) – joined in preparation for the 1988 Plebiscite that would determine the continuity or not of rule of Augusto Pinochet who had been in power since the coup of 1973. The UDI soon broke away to run as a separate party due to its strong support for the plebiscite and a Pinochet candidacy, while the remaining National Renewal party indicated its preference for an open election or a candidate other than Pinochet. However, once Pino ...
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Christian Democratic Party
__NOTOC__ Christian democratic parties are political parties that seek to apply Christian principles to public policy. The underlying Christian democracy movement emerged in 19th-century Europe, largely under the influence of Catholic social teaching and Neo-Calvinist theology. Christian democracy continues to be influential in Europe and Latin America, though in a number of countries its Christian ethos has been diluted by secularisation. In practice, Christian democracy is often considered centre-right on cultural, social and moral issues, but centre-left "with respect to economic and labor issues, civil rights, and foreign policy" as well as the environment, generally supporting a social market economy. Christian democracy can be seen as either conservative, centrist, or liberal / left of, right of, or center of the mainstream political parties depending on the social and political atmosphere of a given country and the positions held by individual Christian democratic parties. ...
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Chamber Of Deputies Of Chile
The Chamber of Deputies () is the lower house of Chile's Bicameralism, bicameral National Congress of Chile, Congress. Its organisation and its powers and duties are defined in articles 42 to 59 of Chile's current Chilean Constitution of 1980, constitution. Eligibility Deputies must: be aged at least 21; not be disqualified from voting; have finished Secondary education, secondary school or its equivalent; and have lived in the corresponding electoral district for at least two years prior to the election. Electoral system Since 2017 Chilean general election, 2017, Chile's congress has been elected through open list proportional representation under the D'Hondt method. Before 2017, a unique binomial system was used. These system rewards coalition slates. Each coalition could run two candidates for each electoral district's two Chamber seats. Typically, the two largest coalitions in a district divided the seats, one each, among themselves. Only if the leading coalition tick ...
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