Nyken ( Spanish Ñiquén ) is a commune in Chile . The administrative center of the commune is the village of San Gregorio . The population is 1,143 people ( 2002 ). The village and commune is part of the province of Newble and the Bio-Bio region .
| Commune | |||||
| Nyken | |||||
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| Spanish Ñiquén | |||||
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| A country |  Chile | ||||
| Region | Bio bio | ||||
| Provinces | Newble | ||||
| Commune | Nyken | ||||
| Alcald | Domingo Garrido Torres | ||||
| History and Geography | |||||
| Founded | |||||
| Area | 493.1 km² | ||||
| Center height | 157 m | ||||
| Timezone | UTC − 4 ; in summer UTC − 3 | ||||
| Population | |||||
| Population | 10,545 people ( 2007 ) | ||||
| Density | 21.39 people / km² | ||||
| Katoykonim | Ñiqueninos | ||||
| Official language | Spanish | ||||
| Other | |||||
| Map |  Commune Nyken on the map of Bio Bio | ||||
| muniniquen.cl (Spanish) | |||||
The territory of the commune is 493.1 km². The population is 10,545 inhabitants (2007). The population density is 21.39 people / km².
Location
The village of San Gregorio is located 127 km northeast of the administrative center of the region - the city of Concepcion and 44 km northeast of the administrative center of the province - the city of Chillan .
The commune borders:
- in the northeast - with the commune of Parral
- in the southeast - with the commune of San Fabian
- in the southwest - with the commune of San Carlos
- in the north-west - with the commune of Kaukenes
Demographics
According to information collected during the census by the National Institute of Statistics, the population of the commune is 10,545 people, of which 5344 are men and 5201 are women.
The population of the commune is 0.53% of the total population of the Bio-Bio region .91.26% are rural and 8.74% are urban.