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Ñiquén is a commune of the Punilla Province, located in the north of the Ñuble Region of Chile. Geographically, it is delimited by the Perquilauquén River to the north and the Ñiquén River in the south. Its boundary to the north is the commune of Parral and to the west that of Cauquenes both in the Maule Region, to the south with the commune of San Carlos, and to the east with San Fabian de Alico. The town of San Gregorio is the capital of this commune.

Key facts

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Ñiquén
Settlement.native_name_lang
es
Settlement.settlement_type
Commune
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Bandera de Ñiquén.png
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Flag
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Escudo de Ñiquén.svg
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Coat of arms
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Comuna de Ñiquén.svg
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175px
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Map of the Ñiquén commune in the Ñuble Region
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Map of the Ñiquén commune in the Ñuble Region
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Chile
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175
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bottom
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Location in Chile
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Location in Chile
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commune
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Country

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
commune of Chile
Country
Chile
Area
493.1
Elevation
149
Official website
www.niquen.cl
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Commons category
Ñiquén
inception
1891-12-22
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Encyclopedic overview

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Ñiquén is a commune of the Punilla Province, located in the north of the Ñuble Region of Chile. Geographically, it is delimited by the Perquilauquén River to the north and the Ñiquén River in the south. Its boundary to the north is the commune of Parral and to the west that of Cauquenes both in the Maule Region, to the south with the commune of San Carlos, and to the east with San Fabian de Alico. The town of San Gregorio is the capital of this commune.

==Demographics== According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Ñiquén spans an area of and has 11,421 inhabitants (5,886 men and 5,535 women). Of these, 1,143 (10%) lived in urban areas and 10,278 (90%) in rural areas. The population fell by 13.2% (1735 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ñiquén” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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