Back Perquenco CEB Perquenco German Perquenco Spanish Perquenco Basque پرکنکو Persian Perquenco French Perquenco Italian 페르켕코 Korean Perquenco Dutch Perquenco Polish
Perquenco | |
|---|---|
|
 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)[3] | |
• Total | 6,530 |
| • Density | 20/km2 (51/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 2,929 |
| • Rural | 3,521 |
| Sex | |
| • Men | 3,281 |
| • Women | 3,169 |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (CLT[4]) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (CLST[5]) |
| 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.
- ^ "Asociación Chilena de Municipalidades" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 19 April 2011. Retrieved 23 February 2011.
- ^ "Municipality of Perquenco" (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 February 2011.
- ^ a b c "National Statistics Institute" (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 December 2010.
- ^ "Chile Time". WorldTimeZones.org. Archived from the original on 2010-07-13. Retrieved 2010-07-29.
- ^ "Chile Summer Time". WorldTimeZones.org. Archived from the original on 2007-09-11. Retrieved 2010-07-29.