Tomé
title: "Tomé" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["communes-of-chile", "populated-places-in-concepción-province", "populated-places-established-in-1544", "1544-establishments-in-the-spanish-empire"] topic_path: "geography/spain" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomé" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::data[format=table title="Infobox settlement"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| official_name | Tomé |
| settlement_type | City and Commune |
| image_skyline | Tome.jpg |
| image_caption | View from Navidad Hill |
| image_shield | Escudo de Tomé.svg |
| image_map | Comuna de Tomé.svg |
| map_caption | Location of the Tomé commune in Biobío Region |
| map_alt | Location of the Tomé commune in Biobío Region |
| pushpin_map | Chile |
| pushpin_map_narrow | yes |
| pushpin_label_position | bottom |
| coordinates | |
| coor_pinpoint | city |
| subdivision_type | Country |
| subdivision_name | Chile |
| subdivision_type1 | Region |
| subdivision_name1 | Biobío |
| subdivision_type2 | Province |
| subdivision_name2 | Concepción |
| government_footnotes | |
| government_type | Municipality |
| leader_title | Alcalde |
| leader_name | Ivonne Rivas |
| established_title | Founded |
| established_date | 1544 |
| unit_pref | Metric |
| area_footnotes | |
| area_total_km2 | 494.5 |
| elevation_m | 12 |
| population_footnotes | |
| population_total | 53219 |
| population_as_of | 2012 Census |
| population_density_km2 | auto |
| population_blank1_title | Urban |
| population_blank1 | 45959 |
| population_blank2_title | Rural |
| population_blank2 | 6481 |
| demographics_type1 | Sex |
| demographics1_footnotes | |
| demographics1_title1 | Men |
| demographics1_info1 | 25,263 |
| demographics1_title2 | Women |
| demographics1_info2 | 27,177 |
| timezone | CLT |
| utc_offset | −4 |
| timezone_DST | CLST |
| utc_offset_DST | −3 |
| area_code | 56 + 41 |
| website | Official website |
| :: |
::callout[type=note] the city in Chile ::
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Tomé () is a port city and commune in the Biobío Region of Chile. It is bordered by Coelemu to the north, Ránquil and Florida to the east, Penco to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. The local economy is based mainly on textile manufacturing and fishing industry.
History
27 February 2010 quake
The 8.8 magnitude 27 February 2010 earthquake greatly affected Tome, Constitucion, Concepcion, Talcahuano.
Demographics
According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Tomé spans an area of 494.5 sqkm and has 52,440 inhabitants (25,263 men and 27,177 women). Of these, 45,959 (87.6%) lived in urban areas and 6,481 (12.4%) in rural areas. The population grew by 6.4% (3,156 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses.
The commune includes the localities of Rafael, Menque, Cocholgüe, Punta de Parra and Dichato.
Education
Previously the area had a German school, Deutsche Schule Tomé. The City has many good primary schools and high schools. Universidad de Concepción, one of the best universities of Chile is 30 minutes away.
Notable people
- Erasmo Moena - murderer and suspected serial killer
References
References
- "Asociación Chilena de Municipalidades".
- "Municipality of Tomé".
- "National Statistics Institute".
- ABC News (Australia), [https://web.archive.org/web/20100309005152/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/03/04/2836941.htm?section=justin "Chile's coastal villages face uncertain future"], '''Sarah Dingle''', ''4 March 2010'' (accessed 4 March 2010)
- " [http://dipbt.bundestag.de/doc/btd/04/036/0403672.pdf Deutscher Bundestag 4. Wahlperiode Drucksache IV/3672]" ([https://web.archive.org/web/20160312191648/http://dipbt.bundestag.de/doc/btd/04/036/0403672.pdf Archive]). [[Bundestag]] (West Germany). 23 June 1965. Retrieved on 12 March 2016. p. 23/51.
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