Chillán
Chillán is a city and commune of the central south of Chile. It has a population of 161.953 people (2002 census). the city was founded in 1580 as San Bartolomé de Chillán. It is the capital of the Ñuble Region.
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 Coat of arms | |
 Location of the Chillán commune in the Ñuble Region | |
| Country | Chile |
| Region | Ñuble |
| Province | Diguillín |
| San Bartolomé de Chillán | 1580 |
| Founded by | Martín Ruiz de Gamboa |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Alcalde | Sergio Zarzar Andonie (ILE) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 511.2 km2 (197.4 sq mi) |
| Population (2002 Census)[3] | |
| • Total | 161,953 |
| • Density | 316.81/km2 (820.53/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 148,015 |
| • Rural | 13,938 |
| Sex | |
| • Men | 77,007 |
| • Women | 84,946 |
| Time zone | UTC−4 (CLT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−3 (CLST) |
| Website | Municipality of Chillán |
Chillán Media
Claudio Arrau in 1974, by Allan Warren
References
- ↑ (in Spanish) "Asociación Chilena de Municipalidades". Retrieved 7 February 2011.
- ↑ (in Spanish) "Municipality of Chillán". Retrieved 7 February 2011.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 (in Spanish) "National Statistics Institute". Retrieved 9 September 2010.
- ↑ "Call prefix for Chillán". Archived from the original on 2012-07-04. Retrieved 2011-12-26.
Other websites
- Chillán's official website (in Spanish)
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