Perquenco
Perquenco | |
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Map of Perquenco commune in Araucania Region Perquenco Location in Chile | |
| Coordinates (town): 38°25′S 72°23′W / 38.417°S 72.383°W | |
| Country | Chile |
| Region | Araucanía |
| Province | Cautín |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Alcalde | Luis Alberto Muñoz Pérez (PDC) |
| Area | |
• Total | 330.7 km2 (127.7 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 278 m (912 ft) |
| Population (2012 Census) | |
• Total | 6,530 |
| • Density | 19.7/km2 (51.1/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 2,929 |
| • Rural | 3,521 |
| Sex | |
| • Men | 3,281 |
| • Women | 3,169 |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (CLT) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (CLST) |
| Area code | (+56) 45 |
| Website | Municipality of Perquenco |
Perquenco is a town and commune in the Cautín Province of southern Chile's Araucanía Region. The town was declared capital of the unrecognized Kingdom of Araucanía and Patagonia by Orélie-Antoine de Tounens, but soon after it was occupied by Cornelio Saavedra Rodríguez who was in charge of the Chilean occupation of the Araucanía.