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Petorca
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PetorcaisaChileantownandcommunelocatedinthe
PetorcaProvince,ValparasoRegion.Thecommunespansan Petorca
areaof1,516.6km2(586sqmi).[2] TownandCommune

Contents
1 Demographics
2 Administration
3 References Petorca
4 Externallinks

Demographics
Accordingtothe2002censusoftheNationalStatistics
Institute,Petorcahas9,440inhabitants(4,806menand4,634
women).Ofthese,4,535(48%)livedinurbanareasand LocationinChile
4,905(52%)inruralareas.Thepopulationgrewby1.8% Coordinates:321505S705553W
(167persons)betweenthe1992and2002censuses.[2] Country Chile
Region Valparaso
Administration Province Petorca

Government[1]
Asacommune,Petorcaisathirdleveladministrative
Type Municipality
divisionofChileadministeredbyamunicipalcouncil,
Alcalde GustavoValdenegroRubillo
headedbyanalcaldewhoisdirectlyelectedeveryfour
years.The20122016alcaldeisGustavoValdenegro Area[2]
Rubillo.Thecouncilhasthefollowingmembers:[1] Total 1,516.6km2(585.6sqmi)
Elevation 495m(1,624ft)
EnaJorqueraJorquera
IgnacioVillalobosHenrquez Population(2012Census)[2]
OrlandoMontesAstudillo Total 9,881
ClaudioGonzaloArenas Density 6.5/km2(17/sqmi)
JuanPradoDaz
Urban 4,535
RodrigoCuevasVivanco
Rural 4,905
WithintheelectoraldivisionsofChile,Petorcaisrepresented Sex[2]
intheChamberofDeputiesbyMr.EduardoCerda(PDC) Men 4,806
andMrs.AndreaMolina(UDI)aspartofthe10thelectoral Women 4,634
district,(togetherwithLaLiguaCabildo,Papudo,Zapallar,
Timezone CLT[3](UTC4)
Puchuncav,Quintero,Nogales,Calera,LaCruz,Quillota
andHijuelas).ThecommuneisrepresentedintheSenateby Summer(DST) CLST[4](UTC3)
IgnacioWalkerPrieto(PDC)andLilyPrezSanMartn Areacode(s) 56+33
(RN)aspartofthe5thsenatorialconstituency(Valparaso
Climate BSk
Cordillera).

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References Website MunicipalityofPetorca(http://w

ww.municipalidadpetorca.cl/)

1."MunicipalityofPetorca"(inSpanish).Retrieved28July2010.
2."NationalStatisticsInstitute"(inSpanish).Retrieved10November2010.
3."ChileTime".WorldTimeZones.org.Retrieved20100728.
4."ChileSummerTime".WorldTimeZones.org.Retrieved20100728.

Externallinks
(Spanish)MunicipalityofPetorca(http://www.municipalidadpetorca.cl/)

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