Pemuco
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Pemuco | |
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 Coat of arms  Location of the Pemuco commune in the Ñuble Region   Pemuco Location in Chile | |
| Coordinates: 36°58′37″S 72°05′56″W / 36.97694°S 72.09889°W | |
| Country | Chile |
| Region | Ñuble |
| Province | Diguillín |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Alcalde | Julio Muñoz Salazar (PDC) |
| Area | |
• Total | 562.7 km2 (217.3 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 182 m (597 ft) |
| Population (2012 Census)[3] | |
• Total | 8,300 |
| • Density | 15/km2 (38/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 3,844 |
| • Rural | 4,977 |
| Sex | |
| • Men | 4,578 |
| • Women | 4,243 |
| Time zone | UTC-4 (CLT[4]) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-3 (CLST[5]) |
| Area code | country 56 + city 42 |
| Website | www |
Pemuco is a Chilean town and commune in Diguillín Province, Ñuble Region.
According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Pemuco spans an area of 562.7 km2 (217 sq mi) and has 8,821 inhabitants (4,578 men and 4,243 women). Of these, 3,844 (43.6%) lived in urban areas and 4,977 (56.4%) in rural areas. The population grew by 4.8% (408 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses.[3]
