Ninhue () is a commune and

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in 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 ...

Ñuble Region The Ñuble Region (, ) officially the Region of Ñuble (), is — since 5 September 2018 – one of Chile's sixteen regions of Chile, regions. It spans an area of , making it the smallest region in Chile in terms of area, and is administratively ...

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Demographics

According to the 2002

census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...

of the National Statistics Institute, Ninhue spans an area of and has 5,738 inhabitants (2,920 men and 2,818 women). Of these, 1,433 (25%) lived in

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s and 4,305 (75%) in

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s. The population fell by 10.6% (679 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses.

Administration

As a commune, Ninhue 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 Luis Molina Melo ( PDC). Within the

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, Ninhue 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, Ñiquén, San Carlos, San Nicolás,

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 ...

, Cobquecura,

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, Ránquil,

Quillón Quillón is a Chilean city and commune and Diguillín Province, Ñuble Region. Demographics According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Quillón spans an area of and has 15,146 inhabitants (7,699 men and 7,447 women). ...

, 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).

References

External links

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Comuna de Ninhue
{{Communes in Ñuble Region Communes of Chile Populated places in Itata Province