Ninhue

{{Update|date=March 2024}}{{Infobox settlement

| name = Ninhue

| settlement_type = Town and Commune

| nickname =

| motto =

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| image_caption =

| image_flag =

| flag_alt = Flag

| image_shield = Escudo de Ninhue.svg

| shield_alt = Coat of arms

| image_map = Comuna de Ninhue.svg

| map_caption = Commune of Ninhue in the Ñuble Region

| map_alt = Commune of Ninhue in the Ñuble Region

| pushpin_map = Chile

| pushpin_mapsize = 175

| pushpin_label_position = bottom

| pushpin_map_alt = Location in Chile

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Chile

| coordinates_footnotes =

| coordinates = {{coord|36|23|37|S|72|23|51|W|region:CL-BI|display=inline,title}}

| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = Chile

| subdivision_type1 = Region

| subdivision_name1 = Ñuble

| subdivision_type2 = Province

| subdivision_name2 = Itata

| government_footnotes = {{Cite web |url = http://www.municipalidadninhue.cl/ |title = Asociación Chilena de Municipalidades |accessdate = 23 February 2011 |language = es |url-status = dead |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070824003301/http://www.municipalidadninhue.cl/ |archivedate = 24 August 2007 }}{{Cite web |url = http://www.municipalidadninhue.cl/ |title = Municipality of Ninhue |accessdate = 23 February 2011 |language = es |url-status = dead |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070824003301/http://www.municipalidadninhue.cl/ |archivedate = 24 August 2007 }}

| government_type = Municipality

| leader_title = Alcalde

| leader_party = National Renovation, RN

| leader_name = Carmen Blanco Hadi

| established_title =

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| unit_pref = Metric

| area_footnotes = {{Cite web |url= http://www.ine.cl/canales/chile_estadistico/censos_poblacion_vivienda/censo_pobl_vivi.php |title= National Statistics Institute |accessdate=13 December 2010|language=es}}

| area_total_km2 = 401.2

| elevation_footnotes =

| elevation_m = 86

| population_footnotes =

| population_total = 5268

| population_as_of = 2012 Census

| population_density_km2 = auto

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| population_blank1_title = Urban

| population_blank1 = 1433

| population_blank2_title = Rural

| population_blank2 = 4305

| demographics_type1 = Sex

| demographics1_footnotes =

| demographics1_title1 = Men

| demographics1_info1 = 2,920

| demographics1_title2 = Women

| demographics1_info2 = 2,818

| timezone = CLT{{cite web |url=http://www.world-time-zones.org/zones/chile-time.htm |accessdate=2010-07-28 |title=Chile Time |publisher=WorldTimeZones.org |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070911130719/http://www.world-time-zones.org/zones/chile-time.htm |archivedate=2007-09-11 }}

| utc_offset = -4

| timezone_DST = CLST{{cite web |url=http://www.world-time-zones.org/zones/chile-summer-time.htm |accessdate=2010-07-28 |title=Chile Summer Time |publisher=WorldTimeZones.org |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070911130451/http://www.world-time-zones.org/zones/chile-summer-time.htm |archivedate=2007-09-11 }}

| utc_offset_DST = -3

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| area_code = country 56 + city 42

| website = [http://www.ninhue.cl/ Comuna de Ninhue]

| footnotes =

}}

Ninhue ({{IPA|es|ˈnin.we}}) is a commune and town in the Itata Province, Ñuble Region, Chile.

Demographics

According to the 2002 census{{Update needed|date=March 2024|reason=2017 census results are out}} of the National Statistics Institute, Ninhue spans an area of {{convert|401.2|sqkm|0|abbr=on}} and has 5,738 inhabitants (2,920 men and 2,818 women). Of these, 1,433 (25%) lived in urban areas and 4,305 (75%) in rural areas. The population fell by 10.6% (679 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses.

Administration

As a commune, Ninhue 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 Luis Molina Melo (PDC).{{Update needed|date=March 2024|reason=it's past 2012}}

Within the electoral divisions of Chile, Ninhue is represented in the Chamber of Deputies by Jorge Sabag (PDC) and Frank Sauerbaum (RN) as part of the 42nd electoral district, together with San Fabián, Ñiquén, San Carlos, San Nicolás, Quirihue, Cobquecura, Treguaco, Portezuelo, Coelemu, Ránquil, Quillón, Bulnes, Cabrero and Yumbel. The commune is represented in the Senate by Alejandro Navarro Brain (MAS) and Hosain Sabag Castillo (PDC) as part of the 12th senatorial constituency (Biobío-Cordillera).

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