6-576: Lonquimay is a town and commune in the Malleco Province of southern Chile 's Araucanía Region . It is the terminus of an abandoned 1,676 mm ( 5 ft 6 in ) broad gauge railway project which supporters cited as the most practical railway route through the Andes to Argentina , but which lacks a link between Lonquimay and Zapala in Argentina; revival of the project
12-517: Is based on a June 2005 report by the INE based on the 2002 census, which registered 274 towns across the country, however only 269 of them are shown here. (The higher number is based on the number given in the regional summary provided by the INE report. The lower number is based on a manual count of the report. The discrepancies are found in the Valparaíso Region (report: 31 / manual count: 28),
18-482: The 1992 and 2002 censuses. As a commune, Lonquimay 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 Guillermo Vásquez Veroiza ( PPD ). Within the electoral divisions of Chile , Lonquimay is represented in the Chamber of Deputies by Enrique Estay ( UDI ) and Fuad Chahín ( PDC ) as part of
24-721: The 49th electoral district, together with Victoria , Curacautín , Melipeuco , Vilcún , Lautaro , Perquenco 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). Located in the Andes , at 900 metres (3,000 ft) above sea level, Lonquimay has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification: Cfb), with an average annual precipitation of 1,990 millimetres (78 in). Summers have warm days and chilly to cool nights. Winters are chilly and wetter, with heavy snowfall . This climate favors winter sports, and at
30-612: The foot of the Lonquimay is The Corralco Mountain and Ski Resort. List of towns in Chile This article contains a list of towns in Chile . A town is defined by Chile 's National Statistics Institute (INE) as an urban entity possessing between 2,001 and 5,000 inhabitants—or between 1,001 and 2,000 inhabitants if 50% or more of its population is economically active in secondary and/or tertiary activities. This list
36-553: Was announced in 2005 and progress begun within Chile. The line includes Chile's longest tunnel measuring 4,563 m (4,990 yd). According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute , Lonquimay spans an area of 3,914.2 km (1,511 sq mi) and has 10,237 inhabitants (5,414 men and 4,823 women). Of these, 3,435 (33.6%) lived in urban areas and 6,802 (66.4%) in rural areas . The population grew by 12.5% (1,138 persons) between
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