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Plaza in Olmué. Olmué is a Chilean town and commune located in the Marga Marga Province, Valparaíso Region.The commune spans an area of 231.8 km 2 (89 sq mi). [2] Olmué is located 42.8 miles northwest of Santiago and 42 kilometers east northeast of Valparaíso.
No provincial presidential delegations exist in those provinces where the regional capital is located; its functions were merged with those of the regional presidential delegate. The country's provinces are further divided into 346 communes which are administered by an alcalde and municipal council .
Map of Chile This is a list of municipalities in Chile which have standing links to local communities in other countries. In most cases, the association, especially when formalised by local government, is known as " town twinning " (usually in Europe) or "sister cities" (usually in the rest of the world).
No. Town Population Province 1. Puerto Montt: 169 736 Llanquihue 2. Osorno: 147 666 Osorno 3. Alerce: 42 267 Llanquihue 4. Castro: 33 417 Chiloé 5. Ancud: 28 162 Chiloé 6. Puerto Varas: 26 172 Llanquihue 7. Quellón: 17 552 Chiloé 8. Calbuco: 15 903 Llanquihue 9. Llanquihue: 12 945 Llanquihue 10. Frutillar: 12 876 Llanquihue 11. Purranque ...
The Olmué Festival (Spanish: Festival del Huaso de Olmué) is a music festival that has been held annually during the 3rd week of February in Olmué, Central Chile.The first edition dates back to 1970 being televised for the first time in 1984. [1]
Colonia Dignidad ('Dignity Colony' or 'Colony of Dignity') was an isolated colony established in post-World War II Chile by emigrant Germans which became notorious for the internment, torture, and murder of dissidents during the military dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet in the 1970s while under the leadership of German emigrant preacher Paul Schäfer. [2]
Bernardo O'Higgins, a member of the O'Higgins family, was born in the Chilean city of Chillán in 1778, the illegitimate son of Ambrosio O'Higgins, 1st Marquis of Osorno, [2] a Spanish officer born in County Sligo, Ireland, who became governor of Chile and later viceroy of Peru.
Chile has attempted to develop hydropower projects in indigenous territory where the rivers that the energy companies hope to use are sacred to the Mapuche people. One area impacted by hydropower development is the Puelwillimapu Territory, whose interconnected waterways are referred to as the watershed of Wenuleufu or the ‘River Above ...