Cobquecura is a commune in the Region of Ñuble (

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: ''comuna'') in the Province of Itata

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's Region of Ñuble. The town is located on the northwest

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coast of the

Itata Province The Itata Province is one of the three provinces of the Ñuble Region;, its capital is Quirihue. Communes * Quirihue (11.429) * Cobquecura (1.493) * Ninhue (5.738) *Treguaco Treguaco (), also spelled as Trehuaco (), is a Chilean city and Com ...

about southwest of the national

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Demographics

According to the 2002

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of the National Statistics Institute, Cobquecura spans an area of and has 5,687 inhabitants (3,032 men and 2,655 women). Of these, 1,493 (26.3%) lived in

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s and 4,194 (73.7%) in

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s. Between the 1992 and 2002 censuses, the population fell by 9.1% (570 persons).

Administration

As a commune, Cobquecura is a third-level

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administered by a

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, headed by an

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who is directly elected every four years. The 2008-2012 alcalde is Julio Manuel Fuentes Alarcón ( PRSD).The municipal council has the following members: * Luis Enrique Rodríguez Alarcón ( PS) * Lautaro Igor Millanao Mora ( PDC) * Guillermo Salgado Contreras (ILF) * Jacqueline Elizabeth Pacheco Alacón ( RN) * Temistocle Vera Irribarra (PRSD) * Jose Pedro Cifuentes Crisostomo (RN) Within the

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, Cobquecura is represented in the

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by Jorge Sabag (PDC) and Frank Sauerbaum (RN) as part of the 42nd electoral district, together with

San Fabián San Fabián is the easternmost of 21 communes in the Punilla Province of central Chile's. Ñuble Region. The capital is the town of San Fabián de Alico. The commune spans an area of . Administration As a commune, San Fabián is administere ...

Ñiquén Ñiquén is a commune of the Punilla Province, located in the north of the Ñuble Region of Chile. Geographically, it is delimited by the Perquilauquén River to the north and the Ñiquén River in the south. Its boundary to the north is the com ...

, San Carlos, San Nicolás,

Ninhue Ninhue () is a commune and town in the Itata Province, Ñuble Region, Chile. Demographics According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Ninhue spans an area of and has 5,738 inhabitants (2,920 men and 2,818 women). Of thes ...

Quirihue Quirihue () is a Chilean city in Quirihue, Itata Province, Ñuble Region. It is located about 72 kilometers northwest of Chillán and 410 km southwest of Santiago. Demographics According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Instit ...

Treguaco Treguaco (), also spelled as Trehuaco (), is a Chilean city and Communes of Chile, commune in Itata Province, Ñuble Region. The commune spans an area of . Demographics According to data from the 2002 Census of Population and Housing, the Tregua ...

, Portezuelo, Coelemu,

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, Bulnes, Cabrero and Yumbel. The commune is represented in the

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by Alejandro Navarro Brain ( MAS) and Hosain Sabag Castillo (PDC) as part of the 12th senatorial constituency (Biobío-Cordillera).

Notable residents

Cobquecura is the birthplace of many significant Chilean figures, including: * Mariano Latorre (1886-1955) Writer of Basque descent. He won the

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in 1944. * Fidel Sepulveda Llanos (1936-2006) Poet, Researcher, Spanish and literary aesthetics Professor, PhD in Hispanic Philology for the

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and Member of the Chilean Academy of Language

References

External links

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Municipality of Cobquecura
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