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Quilleco (literally means "water of tears") is a Chilean town and commune located in the Bío Bío Province, Bío Bío Region.

Key facts

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Quilleco
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Flag
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Location of commune in the Bío Bío Region
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Location of commune in the Bío Bío Region
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Chile
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Bío Bío
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Wikidata facts

Instance of
town
Country
Chile
Area
1121.8
Elevation
366
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Encyclopedic overview

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  • Demographics
  • Economy
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  • References
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Quilleco (literally means "water of tears") is a Chilean town and commune located in the Bío Bío Province, Bío Bío Region.

==Demographics== According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Quilleco spans an area of and has 10,428 inhabitants (5,378 men and 5,050 women). Of these, 5,486 (52.6%) lived in urban areas and 4,942 (47.4%) in rural areas. Between the 1992 and 2002 censuses, the population fell by 0.6% (64 persons).

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

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