Paillaco is a city and commune in southern
Chile
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. It is located in
Valdivia Province
Valdivia Province (; ) is one of two Provinces of Chile, provinces of the southern Chilean Regions of Chile, region of Los Ríos Region, Los Ríos (XIV). The provincial capital is Valdivia (city), Valdivia. Located in the province are two importan ...
of
Los Ríos Region
The Los Ríos Region (Spanish: ''Región de Los Ríos'', , ''Region of the Rivers'') is one of Chile's 16 regions, the country's first-order administrative divisions. Its capital is Valdivia. It began to operate as a region on October 2, 20 ...
, and is about 48 km southeast of
Valdivia.
Demographics
According to the 2002
census
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of the
National Statistics Institute, Paillaco spans an area of and has 19,237 inhabitants (9,620 men and 9,617 women). Of these, 9,973 (51.8%) lived in
urban area
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s and 9,264 (48.2%) in
rural area
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s. The population grew by 6% (1,085 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses.
Administration
As a commune, Paillaco is a third-level
administrative division of Chile
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administered by a
municipal council
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, headed by an alcalde who is directly elected every four years. The 2008-2012 alcalde was
Ramona Reyes. The council has the following members:
* José Teobaldo Aravena Pérez (
PC)
* Ruth Lucy Castillo Prieto (
PDC)
* Sergio Orlando Castro Barrera (
RN)
* Héctor Alberto Avilés Fuentes (
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Places
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* Udi Hills, Enugu State, Nigeria
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People Given name
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)
* Gabriel Iván Medina Alarcón (
PR)
* Gonzalo Rubén Galilea García (RN)
Within the
electoral divisions of Chile
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# Chamber of Deputies of Chile, Chamber of Deputies and Senate of Chile, Senate: Chile is divided into electoral districts and senatorial constituencies for ...
, Paillaco is represented in the
Chamber of Deputies
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Description
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by Enrique Jaramillo (PDC) and Gastón Von Mühlenbrock (UDI) as part of the 54th electoral district, together with
Panguipulli
Panguipulli ( ; Mapudungun for "hill of the puma") is a city and commune in Valdivia Province, southern Chile, administered by the Municipality of Panguipulli. It is located on the western edge of Panguipulli Lake, and is on a moraine in the ...
,
Los Lagos,
Futrono
Futrono (from the Mapudungun: ''Futronhue'', meaning "place of smoke") is a city and commune in southern Chile administered by the Municipality of Futrono. It is located in Ranco Province in Los Ríos Region, on the northwest shore of Ranco Lake ...
,
Lago Ranco,
Río Bueno and
La Unión. The commune is represented in the as part of the 16th senatorial constituency (Los Ríos Region).
Education
Previously the area had a German school, Deutsche Schule Paillaco.
Deutscher Bundestag 4. Wahlperiode Drucksache IV/3672
Archive
. Bundestag
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(West Germany). 23 June 1965. Retrieved on 12 March 2016. p. 22/51.
See also
* Pichirropulli
* Reumén
External links
*
Municipality of Paillaco
References
{{Railway stations in Chile
Populated places in Valdivia Province
Communes of Chile