Dalcaue ( isp. Dalcahue ) - a village in Chile . The administrative center of the commune of the same name. The population is 4,933 people ( 2002 ). The settlement and municipality is part of the province of Chiloe and the region of Los Lagos .
| Town and municipality | |||
| Dalkaue | |||
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| isp. Dalcahue | |||
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| A country |  Chile | ||
| Region | Los lagos | ||
| Provinces | Chiloe | ||
| Commune | Dalkaue | ||
| Alcalde | Juan Alberto Pérez Muñoz | ||
| History and geography | |||
| Square | 1239.4 km² | ||
| Center height | 22 m | ||
| Timezone | UTC − 4 , in summer UTC − 3 | ||
| Population | |||
| Population | 13276 people ( 2007 ) | ||
| Density | 10.71 people / km² | ||
| Katoykonim | Dalcahuino / a | ||
| Official language | Spanish | ||
| Other | |||
| Map |  Dalcaue commune on a map of the area of Los Lagos | ||
| dalcahue.cl (isp.) | |||
The territory of the commune is 1239.4 km². The population is 13,276 inhabitants (2007). The population density is 10.71 people / km².
Location
The village is located on the island of Chiloe , 117 km to the south-west from the administrative center of the region of Puerto Montt and 14 km to the northeast from the administrative center of the province of Castro .
The municipality borders:
- in the north - with the commune of Ancud
- in the northeast - with the commune of Kemchi
- in the southeast - with the commune of Kinchao
- in the south - with communes of Castro , Curaco de Veles
In the west of the commune is the Pacific Ocean .
Demographics
According to information collected during the census by the National Institute of Statistics, the population of the commune is 13,276 people, of which 6,663 are men and 6,413 are women.
The population of the commune is 1.67% of the total population of the Los Lagos area . 46.66% refers to the rural population and 53.34% - the urban population.