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{{Short description|Commune in Magallanes y Antártica Chilena Region, Chile}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2013}}
{{Infobox settlement
|official_name            = Timaukel
|other_name               =
|native_name              =
|settlement_type          = [[Communes of Chile|Commune]]
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|shield_alt               = Coat of arms
|image_map                = Comuna de Timaukel.svg
|map_caption              = Location of the Commune of Timaukel in Magallanes and Antartica Chilena Region
|map_alt                  = Location of the Commune of Timaukel in Magallanes and Antartica Chilena Region
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| pushpin_map_alt         = Location in Chile
| pushpin_map_caption     = Location in Chile
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|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = {{Flag|Chile}}
|subdivision_type1 = [[Regions of Chile|Region]]
|subdivision_name1 = {{Flag|Magallanes y Antártica Chilena}}
|subdivision_type2 = [[Provinces of Chile|Province]]
|subdivision_name2 = [[Tierra del Fuego Province, Chile|Tierra del Fuego]]
| government_footnotes = <ref name="Munitel">{{Cite web |url = http://www.municipalidadtimaukel.cl |title=Asociación Chilena de Municipalidades | accessdate=January 27, 2011|language=es}}</ref>
<ref name="Official">{{Cite web |url = http://www.municipalidadtimaukel.cl |title=Municipality of Timaukel | accessdate=January 27, 2011|language=es}}</ref>
| government_type         = [[Municipality]]
| leader_title            = [[Alcalde]]
| leader_party =
| leader_name = Marcos Martic Haros
|established_title = Founded as
|established_date = Bahía Inútil
|established_title2 = Founded
|established_date2 = December 30, 1927
| unit_pref               = Metric
| area_footnotes          = <ref name="INE">{{Cite web |url= http://www.ine.cl/canales/chile_estadistico/censos_poblacion_vivienda/censo_pobl_vivi.php |title= National Statistics Institute |accessdate=December 13, 2010|language=es}}</ref>
| area_total_km2          = 10995.9
| elevation_footnotes     =
| elevation_m             = 338
| population_footnotes    = <ref name="INE"/>
| population_total        = 204
| population_as_of        = 2012 Census
| population_density_km2  = auto
| population_demonym      =
| population_blank1_title = [[Urban area|Urban]]
| population_blank1       = 0
| population_blank2_title = Rural
| population_blank2       = 423
| demographics_type1      = Sex
| demographics1_footnotes = <ref name="INE"/>
| demographics1_title1    = Men
| demographics1_info1     = 376
| demographics1_title2    = Women
| demographics1_info2     = 47
| timezone                = [[Time in Chile|CLT]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.world-time-zones.org/zones/chile-time.htm |accessdate=September 26, 2010 |title=Chile Time |publisher=WorldTimeZones.org |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070911130719/http://www.world-time-zones.org/zones/chile-time.htm |archivedate=September 11, 2007 }}</ref>
| utc_offset              = -4
| timezone_DST            = [[Time in Chile|CLST]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.world-time-zones.org/zones/chile-summer-time.htm |accessdate=September 26, 2010 |title=Chile Summer Time |publisher=WorldTimeZones.org |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070911130451/http://www.world-time-zones.org/zones/chile-summer-time.htm |archivedate=September 11, 2007 }}</ref>
| utc_offset_DST          = -3
|postal_code_type =
|postal_code =
|area_code = 56 + 61
| website = [http://www.municipalidadtimaukel.cl Municipality of Timaukel]
|footnotes =
}}'''Timaukel''' is a [[Communes of Chile|commune]] located in the [[Chile]]an part of [[Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego|Tierra del Fuego Island]]. It is part of [[Tierra del Fuego Province, Chile|Tierra del Fuego Province]] in [[Magallanes Region]]. The commune is administered by the municipality in [[Cameron, Chile|Villa Cameron]], which is the main port and settlement within the commune.

==Demographics==
According to the 2002 [[census]] of the [[National Statistics Institute (Chile)|National Statistics Institute]], Timaukel spans an area of {{convert|10995.9|sqkm|0|abbr=on}} and has 423 inhabitants (376 men and 47 women), making the commune an entirely [[rural area]]. The population grew by 68% (171 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses.<ref name= "INE"/>

It is a distinctly rural commune, almost deserted, most of the population is of [[British Chilean|English origin]],{{Citation needed|date=December 2010}} who live on farms and is devoted to agriculture, there are also some sawmills. In recent years tourism has become important.

==Administration==
As a commune, Timaukel is a third-level [[administrative division of Chile]] administered by a [[municipal council]], headed by an [[alcalde]] who is directly elected every four years. The 2012–2016 alcalde is Alfonso Simunovic Ojeda.

Within the [[electoral divisions of Chile]], Timaukel is represented in the [[Chamber of Deputies of Chile|Chamber of Deputies]] by Juan Morano ([[Christian Democratic Party|PDC]]) and [[Gabriel Boric]] ([[Independent (politician)|Ind.]]) as part of the 60th electoral district, which includes the entire [[Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena Region]]. The commune is represented in the [[Senate of Chile|Senate]] by Carlos Bianchi Chelech (Ind.) and Carolina Goic ([[Christian Democratic Party|PDC]]) as part of the 19th senatorial constituency (Magallanes y la Antártica Chilena Region).

==References==
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==External links==
* {{in lang|es}} [http://www.municipalidadtimaukel.cl Municipality of Timaukel]

{{Communes in Magallanes Region}}

[[Category:Communes of Chile]]
[[Category:Populated places in Magallanes Region]]
[[Category:Populated places in Tierra del Fuego Province, Chile]]