Lonquimay ( Spanish: Lonquimay ) - a village in Chile . The administrative center of the eponymous commune . The population is 3,435 people ( 2002 ). The village and commune is part of the province of Maleko and the region of Araucania .
| Village and commune | |
| Longkimai | |
|---|---|
| Spanish Lonquimay | |
 | |
| A country |  Chile |
| Region | Araucania |
| Provinces | Maleko |
| Commune | Longkimai |
| Alcald | Guillermo Alberto Vásquez Veroiza |
| History and Geography | |
| Based | 1897 |
| Square | 3914.2 km² |
| Center height | 842 m |
| Timezone | UTC − 4 ; in summer UTC − 3 |
| Population | |
| Population | 11,096 people ( 2007 ) |
| Density | 2.83 people / km² |
| Katoykonim | Lonquimayino / a |
| Official language | Spanish |
| Other | |
| Map |  Commune Longkimai on the map of the region of Araucania |
The territory of the commune is 3914.2 km². The population is 11096 inhabitants (2007). The population density is 2.83 people / km².
Location
The village is located 121 km northeast of the administrative center of the province of Temuco and 148 km southeast of the administrative center of the province of Angola .
The commune borders:
- in the north - with the municipality of Alto Bio
- in the east - with the province of Neuquen ( Argentina )
- in the south - with the province of Neuquen ( Argentina )
- in the west - with the communes of Melipeuko , Kurakautin
- in the northwest - with the commune of Kilako
Demographics
According to information collected during the census by the National Institute of Statistics, the population of the commune is 11096 people, of which 5959 are men and 5137 are women.
The population of the commune is 1.18% of the total population of the region of Araucania . 66.13% belong to the rural population and 33.87% to the urban population.