Panquehue () is a

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and commune in San Felipe de Aconcagua Province,

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Geography

Panquehue spans an area of .

Demographics

According to the 2002

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of the National Statistics Institute, Panquehue spans an area of and has 6,567 inhabitants (3,312 men and 3,255 women). Of these, 2,904 (44.2%) lived in

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s and 3,663 (55.8%) in

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s. The population grew by 11.3% (667 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses.

Administration

As a commune, Panquehue is a third-level

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, administered by a communal council (''consejo comunal''), which is headed by a directly elected

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. The current alcalde is Luis Reinaldo Pradenas Moran (

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). The communal council has the following members: * Patricio Zedán Zárate (UDI) * Héctor Bazáes Leiva ( RN) * René Ahumada Ortega ( DC) * Marcelo Olguín Moreno ( PS) Within the

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, Panquehue is represented in the

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by Marco Antonio Núñez ( PDC) and Gaspar Rivas ( RN) as part of the 11th electoral district, together with Los Andes, San Esteban,

Calle Larga Calle Larga ("long road" in Spanish) is a city and one of four communes in the Los Andes Province of central Chile's Valparaíso Region. Administration As a commune, Calle Larga is a third-level administrative division of Chile, administered b ...

Rinconada Rinconada () is a city and commune in the Los Andes Province of central Chile's Valparaíso Region. It was created on 18 January 1897 by Federico Errázuriz Echaurren. Since the shrine to house the remains of Saint Teresa of Los Andes was b ...

, San Felipe,

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, Santa María,

Llaillay Llay-Llay is a town and commune in the San Felipe de Aconcagua Province of central Chile's Valparaíso Region. History The commune was established on 6 April 1875 during the government of President Federico Errázuriz Zañartu, A railway stati ...

and Catemu. The commune is represented in the

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by Ignacio Walker Prieto ( PDC) and

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( RN) as part of the 5th senatorial constituency (Valparaíso-Cordillera).

References

External links

Municipality of Panquehue
{{Communes in Valparaíso Region Communes of Chile Populated places in San Felipe de Aconcagua Province