Putre

{{Short description|Town and commune in Chile}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Putre | native_name =  | native_name_lang = es  | other_name = | settlement_type = Town and Commune | image_skyline = Putre.jpg | image_alt = | image_caption = Panoramic view of Putre | image_flag = Bandera de Putre.svg | flag_alt = Flag | image_shield = Escudo de Putre.svg | shield_alt = Coat of arms | image_map = Comuna de Putre.svg | map_alt = Map of Putre commune in Arica and Parinacota Region | map_caption = Map of Putre commune in Arica and Parinacota Region | pushpin_map = Chile Arica y Parinacota#Chile | pushpin_map_narrow = yes | pushpin_label_position = bottom | pushpin_map_alt = Location in Chile | pushpin_map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|18|11|49|S|69|33|34|W|region:CL-AP|display=inline,title}} | coor_pinpoint = city | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Chile}} | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = {{flag|Arica y Parinacota}} | subdivision_type2 = Province | subdivision_name2 = Parinacota | established_title = Founded | established_date = 1580 | founder = | named_for = | seat_type = | seat = Putre | government_footnotes = | government_type = Municipal council | leader_party = | leader_title = Alcalde | leader_name = Javier Tito | unit_pref = Metric | area_footnotes = <ref name="INE">{{cite web |url= http://resultados.censo2017.cl/ |title= Resultados CENSO 2017 |work=National Statistics Institute of Chile|access-date=3 November 2024|language=es}}</ref> | area_total_km2 = 5902.5 | area_rank = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 3371 | population_footnotes = <ref name="INE"/> | population_total = 2765 | population_as_of = 2017 Census | population_rank = | population_density_km2 = auto | population_urban = 2152 | population_blank1_title = Rural | population_blank1 = 613 | population_demonym = Putreño / a | demographics_type1 = Sex | demographics1_footnotes = <ref name="INE"/> | demographics1_title1 = Male | demographics1_info1 = 2,054 | demographics1_title2 = Female | demographics1_info2 = 711 | timezone = CLT<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.world-time-zones.org/zones/chile-time.htm |accessdate=9 September 2010 |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=13 July 2010 }}</ref> | utc_offset = -4 | timezone_DST = CLST<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.world-time-zones.org/zones/chile-summer-time.htm |accessdate=9 September 2010 |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=11 September 2007 }}</ref> | utc_offset_DST = -3 | postal_code_type = | postal_code = | area_code_type = | area_code = 56 + 58 | blank_name = Climate | blank_info = ET | website = [http://www.imputre.cl/ Official website] {{in lang|es}} | footnotes = }}

'''Putre''' is a Chilean town and commune, capital of the Parinacota Province in the Arica-Parinacota Region. It is located {{convert|130|km|0|abbr=on}} east of Arica, at an altitude of {{convert|3500|m|0|abbr=on}}. The town is backdropped by Taapaca volcanic complex.

Putre is on the edge of the Lauca National Park, and is popular with visitors to the National Park wishing to acclimatise to the altitude.

There is a historical church in Putre.

The commune also includes the localities of Socoroma, Tignamar, Belén, Chapiquiña, Pachama, Ancuta, Guallatiri, Parinacota, Chucuyo and Caquena.

On March 6, 2011, a 6.2 magnitude earthquake centered {{convert|110|km|0|abbr=on}} beneath Putre shook northern Chile and southern Peru, causing no injuries and only minor damage.<ref name="PutreQuake">{{cite web |accessdate=8 March 2011 |date=6 March 2011 |publisher=Houston Chronicle |author=Associated Press |author-link=Associated Press |url=http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/top/all/7459884.html |title=Magnitude-6.2 earthquake shakes northern Chile}}</ref>

==Climate== {{see also|Rainy season in the Altiplano}} According to the Köppen climate classification, Putre has an alpine climate (''ETH'') bordering on a cool semi-arid climate (''BSk'').

{{Weather box | location = Putre (1976–2009) | metric first = Y | single line = Y | width = auto | Jan high C = 14.5 | Feb high C = 14.8 | Mar high C = 15.1 | Apr high C = 16.1 | May high C = 15.6 | Jun high C = 14.8 | Jul high C = 14.2 | Aug high C = 15.2 | Sep high C = 15.7 | Oct high C = 16.1 | Nov high C = 15.9 | Dec high C = 15.4 | year high C = 15.3 | Jan low C = 3.9 | Feb low C = 3.9 | Mar low C = 3.7 | Apr low C = 3.5 | May low C = 2.5 | Jun low C = 1.4 | Jul low C = 0.7 | Aug low C = 1.9 | Sep low C = 2.2 | Oct low C = 2.5 | Nov low C = 3.1 | Dec low C = 3.2 | year low C = 2.7 | Jan mean C = 9.2 | Feb mean C = 9.4 | Mar mean C = 9.8 | Apr mean C = 9.1 | May mean C = 8.1 | Jun mean C = 7.5 | Jul mean C = 8.6 | Aug mean C = 8.9 | Sep mean C = 9.3 | Oct mean C = 9.3 | Nov mean C = 9.5 | Dec mean C = 9.3 | year mean C = 9.0 | precipitation colour = green | Jan precipitation mm = 155 | Feb precipitation mm = 97 | Mar precipitation mm = 28 | Apr precipitation mm = 1 | May precipitation mm = 1 | Jun precipitation mm = 1 | Jul precipitation mm = 1 | Aug precipitation mm = 2 | Sep precipitation mm = 2 | Oct precipitation mm = 2 | Nov precipitation mm = 18 | Dec precipitation mm = 68 | year precipitation mm = | source 1 = Atlas Agroclimatico de Chile<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.agrimed.cl/atlas/tomo1.html | title = Atlas Agroclimático de Chile–Estado Actual y Tendencias del Clima (Tomo I: Regiones de Arica Y Parinacota, Tarapacá y Antofagasta | publisher = Universidad de Chile | language = Spanish | year = 2017 | pages = 136–146 | accessdate = 9 December 2018}}</ref> | source = }}

==Demographics== According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Putre had 1,977 inhabitants (1,345 men and 632 women). Of these, 1,235 (62.5%) lived in urban areas and 742 (38.5%) in rural areas. The population fell by 29.5% (826 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses.<ref name="INE"/>

==Administration== As a commune, Putre is a third-level administrative division of Chile administered by a municipal council, headed by a mayor (alcalde) who is directly elected every four years. Since August 2023 the mayor has been Javier Tito Huaylla (Ind./UDI), who was elected by the communal council following the former mayor Maricel Gutiérrez Castro (Ind.) died in July 2023. The communal council has the following members: * Juan Manuel Muñoz Cabrera (UDI) * Jeannette Huanca Huanca (Ind./UDI) * María Aria Santos (Ind./UDI) * Marcos Jiménez Mamani (Ind./PR) * Edie Zegarra Santos (Ind./PPD) * Herman Gutiérrez Coloma (Ind./PPD)

Within the electoral divisions of Chile, Putre is represented in the Chamber of Deputies by Mr. Nino Baltolu (UDI) and Mr. Orlando Vargas (PPD) as part of the 1st electoral district, which includes the entire Arica and Parinacota Region.The commune is represented in the Senate by Fulvio Rossi Ciocca (PS) and Jaime Orpis Bouchon (UDI) as part of the 1st senatorial constituency (Arica and Parinacota Region and Tarapacá Region).

==References== {{Reflist}}

Category:Capitals of Chilean provinces Category:Communes of Chile Category:Populated places in Parinacota Province Category:1580 establishments in the Spanish Empire