Lonquimay

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Lonquimay is a town and commune in the Malleco Province of southern Chile's Araucanía Region.

Transport

It is the terminus of an abandoned broad gauge railway project which supporters cited as the most practical railway route through the Andes to Argentina, but which lacks a link between Lonquimay and Zapala in Argentina; revival of the project was announced in 2005 and progress begun within Chile. The line includes Chile's longest tunnel measuring 4,563 m.

Demographics

|align=left |source= |percentages=pagr |1895 |625 |1907 |3331 |1920 |3121 |1930 |4835 |1940 |6675 |1952 |7556 |1970 |9101 |1982 |9694 |1992 |9099 |2002 |10237 |2017 |10251 |2024 |10247 According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Lonquimay spans an area of 3914.2 sqkm and has 10,237 inhabitants (5,414 men and 4,823 women). Of these, 3,435 (33.6%) lived in urban areas and 6,802 (66.4%) in rural areas. The population grew by 12.5% (1,138 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses.

Administration

As a commune, Lonquimay 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 alcalde is Guillermo Vásquez Veroiza (PPD).

Within the electoral divisions of Chile, Lonquimay is represented in the Chamber of Deputies by Enrique Estay (UDI) and Fuad Chahín (PDC) as part of the 49th electoral district, together with Victoria, Curacautín, Melipeuco, Vilcún, Lautaro, Perquenco and Galvarino. The commune is represented in the Senate by Alberto Espina Otero (RN) and Jaime Quintana Leal (PPD) as part of the 14th senatorial constituency (Araucanía-North).

Geography

Climate

Located in the Andes, at 900 m above sea level, Lonquimay has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification: Cfb), with an average annual precipitation of 1990 mm. Summers have warm days and chilly to cool nights. Winters are chilly and wetter, with heavy snowfall. This climate favors winter sports, and at the foot of the Lonquimay is The Corralco Mountain and Ski Resort.

|metric first=y |single line=y |collapsed = Y |location = Longquimay, elevation 900 m |Jan high C = 25.4 |Feb high C = 24.7 |Mar high C = 22.0 |Apr high C = 17.7 |May high C = 11.9 |Jun high C = 6.7 |Jul high C = 6.7 |Aug high C = 9.0 |Sep high C = 13.3 |Oct high C = 17.4 |Nov high C = 19.7 |Dec high C = 22.4 | year high C = |Jan mean C = 15.1 |Feb mean C = 14.3 |Mar mean C = 12.1 |Apr mean C = 8.8 |May mean C = 5.5 |Jun mean C = 2.4 |Jul mean C = 1.9 |Aug mean C = 3.2 |Sep mean C = 6.0 |Oct mean C = 8.9 |Nov mean C = 11.1 |Dec mean C = 13.4 | year mean C = |Jan low C = 4.6 |Feb low C = 3.9 |Mar low C = 2.5 |Apr low C = 0.5 |May low C = -0.7 |Jun low C = -1.9 |Jul low C = -2.6 |Aug low C = -2.1 |Sep low C = -0.7 |Oct low C = 0.8 |Nov low C = 2.4 |Dec low C = 3.9 | year low C = |precipitation colour = green |Jan precipitation mm = 43.0 |Feb precipitation mm = 49.9 |Mar precipitation mm = 88.2 |Apr precipitation mm = 120.8 |May precipitation mm = 314.0 |Jun precipitation mm = 332.6 |Jul precipitation mm = 307.1 |Aug precipitation mm = 259.9 |Sep precipitation mm = 165.3 |Oct precipitation mm = 86.7 |Nov precipitation mm = 105.7 |Dec precipitation mm = 71.4 |year precipitation mm = | Jan humidity = 67 | Feb humidity = 69 | Mar humidity = 73 | Apr humidity = 77 | May humidity = 81 | Jun humidity = 86 | Jul humidity = 85 | Aug humidity = 82 | Sep humidity = 76 | Oct humidity = 71 | Nov humidity = 69 | Dec humidity = 69 | year humidity = |source 1 = Bioclimatografia de Chile{{cite web | first1 = Ernst | last1 = Hajek | first2 = Francesco | url = http://www.ecolyma.cl/documentos/bioclimatografia_de_chile.pdf | title = Bioclimatografia de Chile | access-date = 27 May 2024 | last2 = Castri |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20091122225453/http://www.ecolyma.cl/documentos/bioclimatografia_de_chile.pdf |archive-date = 22 November 2009 | language = es | year = 1975}}

References

References

  1. "Asociación Chilena de Municipalidades".
  2. "Municipality of Lonquimay".
  3. "National Statistics Institute".
  4. "Chile Time". WorldTimeZones.org.
  5. "Chile Summer Time". WorldTimeZones.org.

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