Palena ( Spanish: Palena ) - a village in Chile . The administrative center of the eponymous commune . The population is 970 people ( 2002 ). The village and commune is part of the province of Palena and the region of Los Lagos .
| Village and commune | |||
| Palena | |||
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| Spanish Palena | |||
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| A country |  Chile | ||
| Region | Los lagos | ||
| Provinces | Palena | ||
| Commune | Palena | ||
| Alcald | Jaime Chávez Alarcón | ||
| History and Geography | |||
| Based | 1929 | ||
| Square | 2763.7 km² | ||
| Center height | 657 m | ||
| Timezone | UTC − 4 ; in summer UTC − 3 | ||
| Population | |||
| Population | 1,692 people ( 2007 ) | ||
| Density | 0.61 people / km² | ||
| Official language | Spanish | ||
| Other | |||
| Map |  Commune Palena on the map of the Los Lagos area | ||
| palenaonline.cl (Spanish) | |||
The territory of the commune is 2763.7 km². The population is 1,692 inhabitants (2007). The population density is 0.61 people / km².
Location
The village is located on the island of Chiloe , 256 km southeast of the administrative center of the region of Puerto Montt and 107 km southeast of the administrative center of the province of Chaiten .
The commune borders:
- in the north - with the commune of Futaleufu
- in the east - with the province of Chubut ( Argentina )
- in the south - with the communes of Sisnes , Lago Verde
- in the west - with the commune of Chaiten
Demographics
According to information collected during the census by the National Institute of Statistics, the population of the commune is 1,692 people, of which 910 are men and 782 are women.
The population of the commune is 0.21% of the total population of the Los Lagos region and is entirely rural .