{{Infobox settlement <!--See the Table at Infobox Settlement for all fields and descriptions of usage--> | official_name = Perquenco | other_name = | native_name = | nickname = | settlement_type = Town and Commune | motto = | image_skyline = | imagesize = | image_caption = | image_flag = | flag_size = | image_shield = | shield_size = | image_map = Comuna de Perquenco.svg | map_alt = Map of Perquenco commune in Araucania Region | map_caption = Map of Perquenco commune in Araucania Region | pushpin_map = Chile | pushpin_label_position = bottom | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Chile | pushpin_map_narrow = 1 | coor_pinpoint = town | coordinates_footnotes = | coordinates = {{coord|38|25|S|72|23|W|region:CL-AR|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Chile | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = Araucanía | subdivision_type2 = Province | subdivision_name2 = Cautín | government_footnotes = <ref name="Munitel">{{Cite web |url = http://www.munitel.cl/ |title = Asociación Chilena de Municipalidades |accessdate = 23 February 2011 |language = es |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110419202659/http://www.munitel.cl/ |archive-date = 19 April 2011 }}</ref><ref name="Official">{{Cite web |url = http://www.perquenco.cl/ |title = Municipality of Perquenco |accessdate = 23 February 2011 |language = es |archive-date = 28 October 2020 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20201028044420/http://perquenco.cl/ |url-status = dead }}</ref> | government_type = Municipality | leader_title = Alcalde | leader_party = PDC | leader_name = Luis Alberto Muñoz Pérez | established_title = | established_date = | 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 = 330.7 | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 278 | population_footnotes = <ref name="INE"/> | population_total = 6530 | population_as_of = 2012 Census | population_density_km2 = auto | population_demonym = | population_blank1_title = Urban | population_blank1 = 2929 | population_blank2_title = Rural | population_blank2 = 3521 | demographics_type1 = Sex | demographics1_footnotes = <ref name="INE"/> | demographics1_title1 = Men | demographics1_info1 = 3,281 | demographics1_title2 = Women | demographics1_info2 = 3,169 | timezone = CLT<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.world-time-zones.org/zones/chile-time.htm |accessdate=2010-07-29 |title=Chile Time |publisher=WorldTimeZones.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100713071639/http://www.world-time-zones.org/zones/chile-time.htm |archive-date=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=2010-07-29 |title=Chile Summer Time |publisher=WorldTimeZones.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070911130451/http://www.world-time-zones.org/zones/chile-summer-time.htm |archive-date=2007-09-11 }}</ref> | utc_offset_DST = -3 | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code = (+56) 45 | website = [http://www.perquenco.cl/ Municipality of Perquenco] | footnotes = }} '''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.
==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 |1885 |3000 |1895 |4392 |1907 |4386 |1920 |4568 |1930 |5225 |1940 |5355 |1952 |5318 |1970 |5381 |1982 |5971 |1992 |5886 |2002 |6450 |2017 |6905 |2024 |7438 }} According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Perquenco spans an area of {{convert|330.7|sqkm|0|abbr=on}} and has 6,450 inhabitants (3,281 men and 3,169 women). Of these, 2,929 (45.4%) lived in urban areas and 3,521 (54.6%) in rural areas. The population grew by 9.6% (564 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses.<ref name= "INE"/>
==Administration== As a commune, Perquenco 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 Alberto Muñoz Pérez (PDC).<ref name="Munitel"/><ref name="Official"/>
Within the electoral divisions of Chile, Perquenco is represented in the Chamber of Deputies by Enrique Estay (UDI) and Fuad Chahín (PDC) as part of the 49th electoral district, together with Victoria, Curacautín, Lonquimay, Melipeuco, Vilcún, Lautaro and Galvarino. 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).
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{in lang|es}} [http://www.perquenco.cl/ Municipality of Perquenco] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028044420/http://perquenco.cl/ |date=2020-10-28 }}
{{Communes in Araucanía Region}} {{Authority control}}
Category:Communes of Chile Category:Populated places established in 1894 Category:Capitals of former countries Category:Populated places in Cautín Province