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Saavedra () is a commune 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 ...
in Cautín Province
Cautín Province () is one of two Provinces of Chile, provinces in the southern Chilean Regions of Chile, region of La Araucanía Region, La Araucanía (IX), bounded on the north by Arauco Province, Arauco and Malleco Province, Malleco provinces, ...
, Araucanía Region
The Araucanía ( ), La Araucanía Region ( ) is one of Chile's 16 first-order administrative divisions, and comprises two provinces: Malleco in the north and Cautín in the south. Its capital and largest city is Temuco; other important cities ...
. The principal community and administrative centre of the commune is the town
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of Puerto Saavedra. The commune is named after the Chilean soldier General Cornelio Saavedra Rodríguez who was placed in charge of the occupation of the Araucanía in 1860. It has the highest percentage—though not the largest number—of Mapuche
The Mapuche ( , ) also known as Araucanians are a group of Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Indigenous inhabitants of south-central Chile and southwestern Argentina, including parts of Patagonia. The collective term refers to a wide-ranging e ...
people in the region (64%, 2002 census). Location for the 1991 movie "La frontera".
Demographics
According to the 2002census
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of the National Statistics Institute, Saavedra spans an area of and has 14,034 inhabitants (7,259 men and 6,775 women). Of these, 2,679 (19.1%) lived in urban area
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s and 11,355 (80.9%) in rural area
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s. The population fell by 2.8% (398 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses.
Administration
As a commune, Saavedra is a third-leveladministrative division of Chile
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administered by a municipal council
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, headed by an alcalde
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who is directly elected every four years. The 2008-2012 alcalde is Ricardo Tripainao Calfulaf ( PPD).
Within the electoral divisions of Chile
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, Saavedra is represented in the Chamber of Deputies
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Description
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by José Manuel Edwards ( RN) and Joaquín Tuma ( PDC) as part of the 51st electoral district, together with Carahue, Nueva Imperial
Nueva Imperial (New Imperial, in English) is a city and commune in the south of Chile. It is located in Cautín Province in the Araucanía Region. Nueva Imperial lies about to the west of Temuco, the regional capital.
Geography
Nueva Imperial i ...
, Teodoro Schmidt, Freire, Pitrufquén and Cholchol. The commune is represented in the Senate
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by José Garcia Ruminot ( RN) and Eugenio Tuma Zedan (PPD) as part of the 15th senatorial constituency (Araucanía-South).
Climate
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