Perquenco
title: "Perquenco" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["communes-of-chile", "populated-places-established-in-1894", "capitals-of-former-nations", "populated-places-in-cautín-province"] topic_path: "general/communes-of-chile" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perquenco" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::data[format=table title="Infobox settlement"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| official_name | Perquenco |
| settlement_type | Town and Commune |
| image_map | Comuna de Perquenco.svg |
| map_alt | Map of Perquenco commune in Araucania Region |
| map_caption | Map of Perquenco commune in Araucania Region |
| pushpin_map | Chile |
| pushpin_label_position | bottom |
| pushpin_map_caption | Location in Chile |
| pushpin_map_narrow | 1 |
| coor_pinpoint | town |
| coordinates | |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Chile |
| subdivision_type1 | Region |
| subdivision_name1 | Araucanía |
| subdivision_type2 | Province |
| subdivision_name2 | Cautín |
| government_footnotes | |
| government_type | Municipality |
| leader_title | Alcalde |
| leader_party | PDC |
| leader_name | Luis Alberto Muñoz Pérez |
| unit_pref | Metric |
| area_footnotes | |
| area_total_km2 | 330.7 |
| elevation_m | 278 |
| population_footnotes | |
| population_total | 6530 |
| population_as_of | 2012 Census |
| population_density_km2 | auto |
| population_blank1_title | Urban |
| population_blank1 | 2929 |
| population_blank2_title | Rural |
| population_blank2 | 3521 |
| demographics_type1 | Sex |
| demographics1_footnotes | |
| demographics1_title1 | Men |
| demographics1_info1 | 3,281 |
| demographics1_title2 | Women |
| demographics1_info2 | 3,169 |
| timezone | CLT |
| utc_offset | -4 |
| timezone_DST | CLST |
| utc_offset_DST | -3 |
| area_code | (+56) 45 |
| website | Municipality of Perquenco |
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| official_name = Perquenco | other_name = | native_name = | nickname = | settlement_type = Town and Commune | motto = | image_skyline = | imagesize = | image_caption = | image_flag = | flag_size = | image_shield = | shield_size = | image_map = Comuna de Perquenco.svg | map_alt = Map of Perquenco commune in Araucania Region | map_caption = Map of Perquenco commune in Araucania Region | pushpin_map = Chile | pushpin_label_position = bottom | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Chile | pushpin_map_narrow = 1 | coor_pinpoint = town | coordinates_footnotes = | coordinates = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Chile | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = Araucanía | subdivision_type2 = Province | subdivision_name2 = Cautín | government_footnotes = | government_type = Municipality | leader_title = Alcalde | leader_party = PDC | leader_name = Luis Alberto Muñoz Pérez | established_title = | established_date = | unit_pref = Metric | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 330.7 | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 278 | population_footnotes = | population_total = 6530 | population_as_of = 2012 Census | population_density_km2 = auto | population_demonym = | population_blank1_title = Urban | population_blank1 = 2929 | population_blank2_title = Rural | population_blank2 = 3521 | demographics_type1 = Sex | demographics1_footnotes = | demographics1_title1 = Men | demographics1_info1 = 3,281 | demographics1_title2 = Women | demographics1_info2 = 3,169 | timezone = CLT | utc_offset = -4 | timezone_DST = CLST | utc_offset_DST = -3 | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code = (+56) 45 | website = Municipality of Perquenco | footnotes =
Perquenco is a town and commune in the Cautín Province of southern Chile's Araucanía Region. The town was declared capital of the unrecognized Kingdom of Araucanía and Patagonia by Orélie-Antoine de Tounens, but soon after it was occupied by Cornelio Saavedra Rodríguez who was in charge of the Chilean occupation of the Araucanía.
Demographics
|align=left |source= |percentages=pagr |1885 |3000 |1895 |4392 |1907 |4386 |1920 |4568 |1930 |5225 |1940 |5355 |1952 |5318 |1970 |5381 |1982 |5971 |1992 |5886 |2002 |6450 |2017 |6905 |2024 |7438 According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Perquenco spans an area of 330.7 sqkm and has 6,450 inhabitants (3,281 men and 3,169 women). Of these, 2,929 (45.4%) lived in urban areas and 3,521 (54.6%) in rural areas. The population grew by 9.6% (564 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses.
Administration
As a commune, Perquenco 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 Luis Alberto Muñoz Pérez (PDC).
Within the electoral divisions of Chile, Perquenco 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, Lonquimay, Melipeuco, Vilcún, Lautaro 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).
References
References
- "Asociación Chilena de Municipalidades".
- "Municipality of Perquenco".
- "National Statistics Institute".
- "Chile Time". WorldTimeZones.org.
- "Chile Summer Time". WorldTimeZones.org.
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