San Fabián
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{{Expand Spanish|topic=geo|San Fabián (Chile)|date=September 2010}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = San Fabián
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| native_name_lang = es
| settlement_type = Commune
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| imagesize = 175px
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| flag_alt = Flag
| image_shield = Escudo de San Fabián.svg
| shield_alt = Coat of arms
| image_map = Comuna de San Fabián.svg
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| map_caption = Location in the Ñuble Region
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| pushpin_map_alt = Location in Chile
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Chile
| coordinates = {{coord|36|33|S|71|33|W|region:CL-BI|display=inline,title}}
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = Chile
| subdivision_type1 = Region
| subdivision_name1 = Ñuble
| subdivision_type2 = Province
| subdivision_name2 = Punilla
| established_title = Founded
| established_date = 7 December 1865
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| seat_type = Capital
| seat = San Fabián de Alico
| government_type = Municipality
| leader_party = Independent
| leader_title = Alcalde
| leader_name = Cristofer Valdés
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_total_km2 = 1568.3
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| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 477
| population_total = 4,308
| population_as_of = 2017 Census
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_demonym = Sanfabianino
| demographics1_title1 = Men
| timezone = CLT{{cite web |url=http://www.world-time-zones.org/zones/chile-time.htm |accessdate=1 September 2010 |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=11 September 2007 }}
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| timezone_DST = CLST{{cite web |url=http://www.world-time-zones.org/zones/chile-summer-time.htm |accessdate=1 September 2010 |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=11 September 2007 }}
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| area_code = 56 + 42
| website = [http://www.sanfabiandealico.cl/ Municipality of San Fabián]
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San Fabián is the easternmost of 21 communes in the Punilla Province of central Chile's. Ñuble Region. The capital is the town of San Fabián de Alico. The commune spans an area of {{convert|1568.3|sqkm|0|abbr=on}}.
Administration
As a commune, San Fabián is administered by a municipal council, headed by a directly elected alcalde. For 2024-2028 term, the alcalde is Cristofer Valdés González (Ind.), and the council members are:{{cite web |url=https://datos.sinim.gov.cl/ficha_comunal.php#tab-autoridades |title=Ficha comunal |access-date=12 December 2024 |work=Sistema Nacional de Información Comunal; Subsecretaría de Desarrollo Regional y Administrativo|language=es}}
- Evelyn Troncoso Sepúlveda (UDI)
- Maximiliano Quiñones Ceballos (PPD)
- Jaime Meriño Constanzo (DC)
- Samuel Muñoz Muñoz (Ind./PR)
- Carlos Orellana Orellana (PPD)
- César Palavecino Morales (Ind./RN)
Within the electoral divisions of Chile, San Fabián is represented in the Chamber of Deputies by Marta Bravo Salinas (UDI), Frank Sauerbaum Muñoz (RN), Cristóbal Martínez Ramírez (UDI), Sara Concha Smith (PSC), and Felipe Camaño Cárdenas (DC) for the 2022–2026 term, as a part of the 19th electoral district (together with Bulnes, Cobquecura, Coelemu, Ñiquén, Portezuelo, Quillón, Quirihue, Ninhue, Ránquil, San Carlos, San Nicolás, Treguaco, Chillán, Chillán Viejo, Coihueco, El Carmen, Pemuco, Pinto, San Ignacio, and Yungay). The commune is represented in the Senate by Loreto Carvajal Ambiado (PPD) and Gustavo Sanhueza Dueñas (UDI) for the 2022–2030 term, as part of the 16th senatorial constituency (Ñuble Region).
Demographics
According to data from the 2017 Census of Population and Housing, the San Fabián commune had 4,308 inhabitants. The population density of San Fabian is 2,7/km2
= Cities =
Cities with there respective inhabitants according to the 2002 census.
San Fabian, Capital of the commune, 1452 inhabitants
Paso Ancho, 302 inhabitants
La Vega, 176 inhabitants
Los Puquios, 102 inhabitants
La Montaña, 94 inhabitants
La Punilla, 81 inhabitants
Trabuncura, 80 inhabitants
El Macal, 55 inhabitants
Bullielo, 47 inhabitants
El Palo, 37 inhabitants
Las Guardias, 12 inhabitants
== Socioeconomic inequality ==
According to the data from the Casen 2006 survey has the highest Gina coefficient in Chile, 0.607 , followed by the commune of San Pedro de la Paz, in the Bibío Region, with an index of 0,54 . This index measures the inequality in the existing income level, with 0 being the minimum and 1being the maximum.
References
External links
- {{in lang|es}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20100210190420/http://www.sanfabiandealico.cl/ Municipality of San Fabián]
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Category:Populated places in Punilla Province