Chiguayante () is a
Chile
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an
city
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and
commune in
Concepción Province,
Biobío Region
The Biobío Region ( ) is one of Chile's sixteen regions (first-order administrative divisions). With a population of 1.5 million, thus being the third most populated region in Chile, it is divided into three provinces: Arauco, Biobío and C ...
. It is part of
Greater Concepción
Gran Concepción is the third largest conurbation in Chile, after Greater Santiago and Greater Valparaíso, with 945,650 inhabitants according to the 2012 pre census.
Overview
It takes its name after the city of Concepción, the regional cap ...
.
Demographics
According to the 2002
census
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of the
National Statistics Institute, Chiguayante spans an area of and has 81,302 inhabitants (38,524 men and 42,778 women). Of these, 81,238 (99.9%) lived in
urban area
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s and 64 (0.1%) in
rural area
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s. The population grew by 44.2% (24,931 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses.
It had an estimated 2010 population of 119,265.
Administration
As a commune, Chiguayante is a third-level
administrative division of Chile
The administrative division or territorial organization of Chile exemplifies characteristics of a unitary state. State administration is functionally and geographically decentralized, as appropriate for each authority in accordance with the law ...
administered by a
municipal council
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, headed by an
alcalde
''Alcalde'' (; ) is the traditional Spanish municipal magistrate, who had both judicial and Administration (government), administrative functions. An ''alcalde'' was, in the absence of a corregidor (position), corregidor, the presiding officer o ...
who is directly elected every four years. The alcalde is José Antonio Rivas (
PS).
References
External links
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Municipality of Chiguayante
{{Communes in Biobío Region
Communes of Chile
Populated places in Concepción Province
1996 establishments in Chile