5-676: Lumaco is a town and commune in Malleco Province in the Araucanía Region of Chile . Its name in Mapudungun means "water of luma ". Lumaco is located to 120 km (75 mi) northeast of Temuco and 52 km (32 mi) from Angol . It shares a boundary to the north with the communes of Purén and Los Sauces , to the east with Traiguén and Galvarino , to the south with Cholchol and Carahue in Cautin Province , and
10-469: Is economically active in secondary and/or tertiary activities. This list is based on a June 2005 report by the INE based on the 2002 census, which registered 274 towns across the country, however only 269 of them are shown here. (The higher number is based on the number given in the regional summary provided by the INE report. The lower number is based on a manual count of the report. The discrepancies are found in
15-474: The 1992 and 2002 censuses. As a commune, Lumaco 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 Manuel Painiqueo Tragnolao ( PS ). Within the electoral divisions of Chile , Lumaco is represented in the Chamber of Deputies by Gonzalo Arenas ( UDI ) and Mario Venegas ( PDC ) as part of
20-743: The 48th electoral district, together with Angol , Renaico , Collipulli , Ercilla , Los Sauces , Purén and Traiguén . 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). List of towns in Chile This article contains a list of towns in Chile . A town is defined by Chile 's National Statistics Institute (INE) as an urban entity possessing between 2,001 and 5,000 inhabitants—or between 1,001 and 2,000 inhabitants if 50% or more of its population
25-843: The west with Tirúa and Contulmo in the Arauco Province of the Biobío Region . The area of Lumaco and Purén is rich in Mapuche and early Spanish archaeological sites. The epicenter of the 1960 Valdivia earthquake , the strongest earthquake ever recorded, was near Lumaco. According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute , Lumaco spans an area of 1,119 km (432 sq mi) and has 11,405 inhabitants (6,074 men and 5,331 women). Of these, 4,132 (36.2%) lived in urban areas and 7,273 (63.8%) in rural areas . The population fell by 7% (853 persons) between
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