{{Infobox settlement | name = Pemuco | native_name = | other_name = | settlement_type = Town and Commune | image_skyline = | image_caption = | image_flag = | flag_alt = Flag | image_shield = Escudo de Pemuco.svg | shield_alt = Coat of arms | image_map = Comuna de Pemuco.svg | map_alt = Location of the Pemuco commune in the Ñuble Region | map_caption = Location of the Pemuco commune in the Ñuble Region | pushpin_map_narrow = y | pushpin_map = Chile | pushpin_label_position = bottom | pushpin_map_alt = Location in Chile | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Chile | coordinates = {{coord|36|58|37|S|72|05|56|W|region:CL-BI|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Chile | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = Ñuble | subdivision_type2 = Province | subdivision_name2 = Diguillín | established_title = | established_date = | government_type = Municipality | government_footnotes = <ref name="Munitel">{{Cite web |url = http://www.munipemuco.cl/ |title=Asociación Chilena de Municipalidades | accessdate=23 February 2011|language=es}}</ref><ref name="Official">{{Cite web |url = http://www.munipemuco.cl/ |title=Municipality of Pemuco | accessdate=23 February 2011|language=es}}</ref> | leader_party = PDC | leader_title = Alcalde | leader_name = Julio Muñoz Salazar | 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=13 December 2010|language=es}}</ref> | area_total_km2 = 562.7 | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 182 | population_footnotes = <ref name="INE"/> | population_total = 8300 | population_as_of = 2012 Census | population_density_km2 = auto | population_blank1_title = Urban | population_blank1 = 3844 | population_blank2_title = Rural | population_blank2 = 4977 | demographics_type1 = Sex | demographics1_footnotes = <ref name="INE"/> | demographics1_title1 = Men | demographics1_info1 = 4,578 | demographics1_title2 = Women | demographics1_info2 = 4,243 | timezone = CLT<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.world-time-zones.org/zones/chile-time.htm |accessdate=2010-07-28 |title=Chile Time |publisher=WorldTimeZones.org |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100713071639/http://www.world-time-zones.org/zones/chile-time.htm |archivedate=2010-07-13 }}</ref> | utc_offset = -4 | timezone_DST = CLST<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.world-time-zones.org/zones/chile-summer-time.htm |accessdate=2010-07-28 |title=Chile Summer Time |publisher=WorldTimeZones.org |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070911130451/http://www.world-time-zones.org/zones/chile-summer-time.htm |archivedate=2007-09-11 }}</ref> | utc_offset_DST = -3 | area_code = ''country'' 56 + ''city'' 42 | website = {{URL|http://www.munipemuco.cl/}} }}
'''Pemuco''' is a Chilean town and commune in Diguillín Province, Ñuble Region.
==Demographics== According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Pemuco spans an area of {{convert|562.7|sqkm|0|abbr=on}} and has 8,821 inhabitants (4,578 men and 4,243 women). Of these, 3,844 (43.6%) lived in urban areas and 4,977 (56.4%) in rural areas. The population grew by 4.8% (408 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses.<ref name= "INE"/>
==Administration== As a commune, Pemuco 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 Julio Muñoz Salazar (PDC).<ref name="Munitel"/><ref name="Official"/>
Within the electoral divisions of Chile, Pemuco is represented in the Chamber of Deputies by Carlos Abel Jarpa (PRSD) and Rosauro Martínez (RN) as part of the 41st electoral district, together with Chillán, Coihueco, Pinto, San Ignacio, El Carmen, Yungay and Chillán Viejo. The commune is represented in the Senate by Victor Pérez Varela (UDI) and Mariano Ruiz-Esquide Jara (PDC) as part of the 13th senatorial constituency (Biobío-Coast).
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==External links== * {{in lang|es}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20070717185308/http://www.municipalidaddepemuco.cl/ Municipality of Pemuco]
{{Communes in Ñuble Region}}
Category:Communes of Chile Category:Populated places in Diguillín