Traiguén

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City and Commune in Araucanía, Chile

Coat of arms

Location in the Araucanía Region

38°15′S 72°41′W / 38.250°S 72.683°W / -38.250; -72.683CountryChileRegionAraucaníaProvinceMallecoGovernment

^[1]^[2]

• TypeMunicipality • AlcaldeRicardo Sanhueza Pirce (Ind.)Area

^[3]

• Total908.0 km² (350.6 sq mi)Elevation

188 m (617 ft)Population

(2012 Census)^[3]

• Total17,164 • Density19/km² (49/sq mi) • Urban

14,140 • Rural

5,394Sex

^[3]

• Men9,734 • Women9,800Time zoneUTC−4 (CLT) • Summer (DST)UTC−3 (CLST)Area codecountry 56 + city 45WebsiteMunicipality of Traiguén

Traiguén (Spanish pronunciation: [tɾajˈɣen]) is a Chilean city and commune in the Malleco Province, Araucanía Region.

Demographics

According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Traiguén spans an area of 908 km² (351 sq mi) and has 19,534 inhabitants (9,734 men and 9,800 women). Of these, 14,140 (72.4%) lived in urban areas and 5,394 (27.6%) in rural areas. Between the 1992 and 2002 censuses, the population fell by 5.3% (1,088 persons).^[3]

Administration

As a commune, Traiguén 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 2012-2016 alcalde is Luis Alvarez (Ind.).And The municipal council 2012-2016 has the following members:^[1]^[2]

Ricardo Sanhueza Pirce PPD
Essio Guidotti Vallejos PPD
Eliecer Cerda Soto IND
Pablo Mena Osses PRS
Roberto Weidmann Ramirez UDI
Rosanna Rathgeb Fuentes RN

Within the electoral divisions of Chile, Traiguén is represented in the Chamber of Deputies by Gonzalo Arenas (UDI) and Mario Venegas (PDC) as part of the 48th electoral district, together with Angol, Renaico, Collipulli, Ercilla, Los Sauces, Purén and Lumaco. 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).

Climate

Climate data for Traiguén
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	26.8 (80.2)	26.5 (79.7)	23.1 (73.6)	18.4 (65.1)	14.3 (57.7)	11.7 (53.1)	11.6 (52.9)	12.9 (55.2)	15.3 (59.5)	18.6 (65.5)	21.3 (70.3)	24.2 (75.6)	18.7 (65.7)
Daily mean °C (°F)	17.5 (63.5)	17.2 (63.0)	15.1 (59.2)	11.9 (53.4)	9.3 (48.7)	7.6 (45.7)	7.3 (45.1)	7.8 (46.0)	9.4 (48.9)	11.6 (52.9)	13.6 (56.5)	15.9 (60.6)	12.0 (53.6)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	10.4 (50.7)	10.1 (50.2)	8.7 (47.7)	7.0 (44.6)	5.5 (41.9)	4.7 (40.5)	4.1 (39.4)	3.8 (38.8)	4.8 (40.6)	6.0 (42.8)	7.6 (45.7)	9.0 (48.2)	6.8 (44.3)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	34.4 (1.35)	26.2 (1.03)	53.3 (2.10)	91.8 (3.61)	211.1 (8.31)	214.3 (8.44)	192.0 (7.56)	159.2 (6.27)	103.4 (4.07)	59.8 (2.35)	55.7 (2.19)	40.0 (1.57)	1,241.2 (48.85)
Average relative humidity (%)	64	67	72	80	86	88	88	85	82	77	73	68	78
Source: Bioclimatografia de Chile^[4]

Education

Previously the area had a German school, the Deutsche Schule Traiguén.^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b "Asociación Chilena de Municipalidades" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 19 April 2011. Retrieved 23 February 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Municipality of Traiguén" (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 February 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "National Statistics Institute" (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 February 2010.
^ Hajek, Ernst; Castri, Francesco (1975). "Bioclimatografia de Chile" (PDF) (in Spanish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 November 2009. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
^ "Deutscher Bundestag 4. Wahlperiode Drucksache IV/3672" (Archive). Bundestag (West Germany). 23 June 1965. Retrieved on 12 March 2016. p. 24/51.