{{Infobox settlement |official_name = Lanco | native_name_lang = es |settlement_type = City and Commune |nickname = |motto = |image_skyline =Lanco noche.JPG |imagesize =250px |image_caption =Lanco at night |image_flag = |flag_size = 150px |image_shield = Escudo de Lanco.svg |image_map = Comuna_de_Lanco.svg |mapsize = 175px |map_caption = Map of Lanco commune in Los Rios Region |map_alt = Map of Lanco commune in Los Rios Region |coordinates = {{coord|39|27|S|72|47|W|region:CL-LR|display=inline,title}} | coor_pinpoint = city | coordinates_footnotes = | pushpin_map = Chile | pushpin_mapsize = 175<!--omit "px"--> | pushpin_label_position = bottom | pushpin_map_alt = Location in Chile | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Chile |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = Chile |subdivision_type1 = Region |subdivision_name1 = Los Rios |subdivision_type2 = Province |subdivision_name2 = Valdivia | government_footnotes = <ref name="Munitel">{{Cite web |url = https://www.munilanco.cl/ |title = Asociación Chilena de Municipalidades |accessdate = 7 February 2011 |language = es |url-status=dead |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20100221213410/http://www.munilanco.cl/ |archivedate = 21 February 2010 |df = }}</ref><ref name="Official">{{Cite web |url = http://www.munilanco.cl/ |title=Municipality of Lanco | accessdate=7 February 2011|language=es}}</ref> | government_type = Municipality | leader_title = Alcalde | leader_party = PS | leader_name = Luis Cuvertino Gómez |established_date = Lanco |established_title2 = Founded |established_date2 = 28 December 1917 | unit_pref = Metric | area_footnotes = <ref name="INE">{{Cite web |url= http://www.ine.cl/canales/chile_estadistico/censos_poblacion_vivienda/censo_pobl_vivi.php |title= National Statistics Institute |accessdate=7 February 2010|language=es}}</ref> | area_total_km2 = 532.4 | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 62 | population_footnotes = <ref name="INE"/> | population_total = 15836 | population_as_of = 2012 Census | population_density_km2 = auto | population_demonym = | population_blank1_title = Urban | population_blank1 = 10383 | population_blank2_title = Rural | population_blank2 = 4724 | demographics_type1 = Sex | demographics1_footnotes = <ref name="INE"/> | demographics1_title1 = Men | demographics1_info1 = 7,415 | demographics1_title2 = Women | demographics1_info2 = 7,692 |timezone = CLT | utc_offset = −4 |timezone_DST = CLST | utc_offset_DST = −3 |postal_code_type = |postal_code = |area_code = 56 + 63 |blank_name = Climate |blank_info = Cfb |website = [http://www.lanconline.cl Municipality of Lanco] |footnotes = }}
'''Lanco''' is a city and commune in southern Chile administered by the Municipality of Lanco. It is located in Valdivia Province in Los Ríos Region, about {{convert|69|km|0|abbr=on}} northeast of Valdivia by road,<ref name="googlemaps">{{cite web | url=https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Valdivia,+Chile&daddr=-39.45,-72.783333&hl=en&ll=-39.663857,-73.009644&spn=0.9155,1.057434&sll=-39.487085,-72.792664&sspn=1.835656,2.114868&geocode=Fb5moP0d5l2i-ynlM6saie4VljGb17J5q7TJNQ%3BFXAKpv0dG2qp-w&oq=val&t=h&mra=ls&z=10 | title=Valdivia to Lanco | publisher=Google Maps | accessdate=2013-04-18}}</ref> close to Cruces River.
==Demographics== {{Historical populations |align=left |source={{cite web|url=https://www.ine.gob.cl/estadisticas/sociales/censos-de-poblacion-y-vivienda/censo-de-poblacion-y-vivienda|publisher=National Statistics Institute|title=Censo de Población y Vivienda}} |percentages=pagr |1875 |1782 |1885 |2155 |1895 |3718 |1907 |7765 |1920 |10768 |1930 |14670 |1940 |27488 |1952 |13717 |1970 |12962 |1982 |12901 |1992 |13757 |2002 |15107 |2017 |16752 |2024 |18050 }} According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Lanco spans an area of {{convert|532.4|sqkm|0|abbr=on}} and has 15,107 inhabitants (7,415 men and 7,692 women). Of these, 10,383 (68.7%) lived in urban areas and 4,724 (31.3%) in rural areas. Between the 1992 and 2002 censuses, the population grew by 9.8% (1,350 persons).<ref name= "INE"/>
==Transport==
The highway Chile Route 5 passes by Lanco.<ref name="googlemaps"/>
==Administration== As a commune, Lanco 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 Luis Cuvertino Gómez (PS).<ref name="Munitel"/><ref name="Official"/>
Within the electoral divisions of Chile, Lanco is represented in the Chamber of Deputies by Alfonso De Urresti (PS) and Roberto Delmastro (RN) as part of the 53rd electoral district, together with Valdivia, Mariquina, Máfil and Corral. The commune is represented in the {{Current senators (16th senatorial constituency of Chile)}} as part of the 16th senatorial constituency (Los Ríos Region).
==References== <references/>
==External links== * {{in lang|es}} [http://www.munilanco.cl/ Municipality of Lanco]
{{Communes in Los Ríos Region}}
Category:Populated places in Valdivia Province Category:Communes of Chile Category:Populated places established in 1917