19-806: Tucapel is a town and commune in the Bío Bío Province , Bío Bío Region , Chile . It was once a region of Araucanía named for the Tucapel River . The name of the region derived from the rehue and aillarehue of the Moluche people of the area between the Lebu and the Lleulleu Rivers , who were famed for their long resistance to the Spanish in the Arauco War . Tucapel is also
38-658: A governor ( gobernador ), appointed by the President of the Republic . It exercises its powers in accordance with the instructions from the regional intendant. It is advised by the Provincial Economic and Social Council ( Consejo Económico y Social Provincial or CESPRO). The only exception is the Santiago Province , which makes no provision for a provincial governorate in its regulations. Instead,
57-520: 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 is based on a June 2005 report by the INE based on the 2002 census, which registered 274 towns across
76-455: A unitary state . State administration is functionally and geographically decentralized, as appropriate for each authority in accordance with the law. For the interior government and administration within the State, the territory of the republic has been divided into 16 regions ( regiones ), 56 provinces ( provincias ) and 346 communes ( comunas ) since the 1970s process of reform, made at
95-419: A communal council ( Consejo Comunal ), elected directly for a period of 4 years renewable. Municipalities represent the decentralization of central power. They are advised by an Economic and Social Communal Council ( Consejo Económico y Social Comunal or CESCO), composed of representatives from the most important of the community's organizations and activities. There are 346 communes and 345 municipalities, as
114-559: A hill in the valley of the Tucapel River at the present location of the city of Cañete . Near here, the conqueror died after being surprised and defeated at the Battle of Tucapel by Lautaro , after he had arrived to relieve the fortress, which Lautaro had already destroyed before December 25, 1553. In 1557, the fortress and the later city of Cañete de la Frontera were later rebuilt by García Hurtado de Mendoza three kilometers to
133-523: The pacification of Araucanía . In 1603 a new fort Tucapel was established on the site of the Valdivia's old fort by Alonso de Ribera as part of his system of frontier forts . It received improvements in 1668 under the governor Diego Dávila Coello , who populated it, making it a mission site and named it Plaza de San Diego de Tucapel . This place was the target of repeated attacks by the Mapuche and
152-473: The 1992 and 2002 censuses. As a commune, Tucapel 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 Jaime Sergio Veloso Jara ( RN ). Within the electoral divisions of Chile , Tucapel is represented in the Chamber of Deputies by Juan Lobos ( UDI ) and José Pérez ( PRSD ) as part of
171-526: The 47th electoral district, together with Los Ángeles , Antuco , Quilleco , Santa Bárbara , Quilaco , Mulchén , Negrete , Nacimiento , San Rosendo , Laja and Alto Bío Bío . 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). List of towns in Chile This article contains
190-705: 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), the O'Higgins Region (report: 39 / manual count: 38) and the Los Ríos and Los Lagos Region combined (report: 31 / manual count: 30).) Administrative division of Chile The administrative division or territorial organization of Chile exemplifies characteristics of
209-543: The creation of the Marga Marga Province gave Chile a new total of 56 provinces. Chile is administratively divided into: The regional government is headed by a popularly elected governor and a regional presidential delegation, who represents the President of Chile in the region. The government and administration of each province lies in the provincial governorate ( Gobernación Provincial ), headed by
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#1732790686420228-741: The establishment of the regional and provincial capitals are part of constitutional law. The Ministries of Chile (except the Ministries of the Interior , National Defense , Foreign Affairs and Secretary General of the Presidency ) are devolved to regional level, being represented by regional ministries, integrating the so-called "regional cabinet," chaired by the regional intendent. The political and administrative division of Chile has had four major periods: before 1833, from 1833 to 1925, from 1925 to 1976 and from 1976 onwards. Before 1974, Chile
247-483: The name Huépil means "To seize or to take by force". The main economic activities of the commune are commerce, agriculture and forestry. Tucapel is an old foundation in the country, originally part of the Rere Province, in which three La Frontera fortresses existed: Talcamávida , Yumbel and San Diego de Tucapel. The fortress of San Diego de Alcalá de Tucapel was founded by Pedro de Valdivia in 1552 on
266-624: The name of a famous leader from that region in the first resistance against the Spanish mentioned in Alonso de Ercilla 's epic poem La Araucana . Formerly belonging to the Ñuble Province , in the Yungay Department . Near the town of Tucapel is the Plaza de San Diego de Tucapel . The capital of the commune is the town of Huépil, moving the municipality from Tucapel in 1967. In Mapudungun
285-574: The position corresponds to the intendant of the Metropolitan Region of Santiago . In January 2001, the Provincial Delegation of Santiago was created with the position of a Provincial Delegate, who exercises the functions of a provincial governor on behalf of the respective intendant. The local administration of each commune or group of communities resides in the municipality ( municipalidad ), consisting of an alcalde and
304-494: The request of the National Commission on Administrative Reform ( Comisión Nacional de la Reforma Administrativa or CONARA). State agencies exist to promote the strengthening of its regionalization, equitable development and solidarity between regions, provinces and communes within the nation. Since 2005, the creation, abolition and designation of regions, provinces and communes, the altering of their boundaries, and
323-548: The west of the present location of the city and resisted an attack by Toqui Caupolicán . It was abandoned again in January 1563 during the second Mapuche uprising. Later it was rebuilt by Rodrigo de Quiroga in 1566. It was finally abandoned after the Battle of Curalaba in the Mapuche Uprising of 1598 . The present city of Cañete was founded on November 12, 1868, by colonel Cornelio Saavedra Rodríguez as part of
342-838: Was captured by Vilumilla in Mapuche Uprising of 1723 . It was abandoned and demolished by Gabriel Cano de Aponte in 1724 and he transferred its garrison and inhabitants to the bank of the Laja River near the Andes where a new Plaza de San Diego de Tucapel was built and later a town of Tucapel has established. According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute , Tucapel spans an area of 914.9 km (353 sq mi) and has 12,777 inhabitants (6,403 men and 6,374 women). Of these, 8,827 (69.1%) lived in urban areas and 3,950 (30.9%) in rural areas . The population grew by 6.3% (757 persons) between
361-490: Was divided into: In October 2007, two new regions came into force: The I Tarapacá Region was divided laterally to create XV Arica and Parinacota Region to the north, and similarly, the X Los Lagos Region was split to create XIV Los Ríos Region to its north. Also there are plans to create a joint region between the provinces of Linares and Cauquenes by splitting the VII Maule Region . On March 11, 2010,
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