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{{Infobox settlement

| name = Chanco
| native_name =
| native_name_lang = es
| settlement_type = [[List of towns in Chile|Town]] and [[Communes of Chile|Commune]]
| image_skyline =
| imagesize = 175px
| image_alt =
| image_caption =
| image_flag =
| flag_alt = Flag
| image_shield =
| shield_alt = Escudo Chanco
| nickname =
| motto =
| image_map = Comuna de Chanco.svg
| mapsize = 175px
| map_alt = Localizacion de la comuna de Chanco en la Región del Maule
| map_caption = Location of the Chanco commune in the Maule Region
| pushpin_map = Chile
| pushpin_mapsize = 175
| pushpin_label_position =
| pushpin_map_alt = Location in Chile
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Chile
| coor_pinpoint = city
| coordinates_footnotes =
| coordinates = {{coord|36|16|S|72|43|W|region:CL-ML|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name = [[Chile]]
| subdivision_type1 = [[Regions of Chile|Region]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Maule Region|Maule]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[Provinces of Chile|Province]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Cauquenes Province|Cauquenes]]
| established_title = Founded
| established_date = July 3, 1849
| founder =
| named_for =
| government_footnotes = <ref name="Munitel">{{Cite web |url = http://www.chanco.cl/ |title=Asociación Chilena de Municipalidades | accessdate=7 February 2011|language=es}}</ref><ref name="Official">{{Cite web |url = http://www.chanco.cl/ |title=Municipality of Chanco | accessdate=7 February 2011|language=es}}</ref>
| government_type = [[Municipality]]
| leader_title = [[Alcalde]]
| leader_party = [[National Renewal (Chile)|RN]]
| leader_name = Viviana Díaz Mesa
| area_note = As of 2002
| 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=1 September 2010|language=es}}</ref>
| area_total_km2 = 529.5
| area_rank =
| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 513
| population_footnotes = <ref name="INE"/>
| population_total = 9003
| population_as_of = 2012 Census
| population_density_km2 = auto
| population_demonym = Chanquino
| population_blank1_title = [[Urban area|Urban]]
| population_blank1 = 4012
| population_blank2_title = [[Rural area|Rural]]
| population_blank2 = 5445
| demographics_type1 = Sex
| demographics1_footnotes = <ref name="INE"/>
| demographics1_title1 = Men
| demographics1_info1 = 4,856
| demographics1_title2 = Women
| demographics1_info2 = 4,601
| timezone = [[Time in Chile|CLT]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.world-time-zones.org/zones/chile-time.htm |accessdate=2010-09-01 |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=2007-09-11 }}</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=2010-09-01 |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=2007-09-11 }}</ref>
| utc_offset_DST = -3
| postal_code_type = Postal code
| postal_code = 3720000
| area_code_type =
| area_code = 56 + 73
| website = [http://www.chanco.cl/ Municipality of Chanco]
| footnotes =
}}
'''Chanco''' is a [[Chile]]an town and [[communes of Chile|commune]] located in [[Cauquenes Province]], [[Maule Region]].

==Geography==
Chanco is bordered on the north by [[Constitución, Chile|Constitución]] and [[Empedrado, Chile|Empedrado]] (both in [[Talca Province]]); on the south by [[Pelluhue]]; on the east by [[Cauquenes]], and on the west by the [[Pacific Ocean]]. The area of the municipality is {{convert|529.5|sqkm|0|abbr=on}}.<ref name="INE"/>

==Demography==
According to the 2002 [[census]] of the [[National Statistics Institute (Chile)|National Statistics Institute]], Chanco has 9,457 inhabitants (4,856 men and 4,601 women). Of these, 4,012 (42.4%) lived in [[urban area]]s and 5,445 (57.6%) in [[rural area]]s. Between the 1992 and 2002 censuses, the population fell by 0.4% (35 persons).<ref name= "INE"/>

==History==
[[File:Entrada parque f albert.JPG|thumb|left|140px|Access to Natural Reserve "Federico Albert"]]
Chanco was founded on 1889 in an old settlement populated by the indigenous people known as [[promaucaes]]. Chanco had begun as a seaside settlement. However, in the 19th century the coastal dunes advanced eastward and buried the old village and the surrounding crops. At the beginning of the 20th century, thanks to the efforts of the German [[botanist]] and [[natural history|naturalist]] Federico Albert the town was saved from being buried again, when Albert started a large-scale project by planting an extense forest west to Chanco and relocating the town eastwards. The forest would be declared a national [[Nature reserve|reserve]] in 1979 and today it constitutes a frequented touristic attraction in the province of Cauquenes.
[[File:Chanco 5.JPG|thumb|left|140px|Houses in Chanco Town, in the "Typical Zone".]]

==Traditions and tourism==
Chanco was declared "typical zone" in 1999, due to its neo-colonial style. A very popular annual celebration that takes place every February is a festival honoring the late singer Guadalupe of the Carmen (original name Esmeralda González), born in Quilhuiné, near Chanco, who was hugely popular in the region and, in general among Chilean [[peasants]] in the 'fifties and 'sixties as an interpreter of [[Mexican music]]. The festival, a true tribute to popular Mexican music, represents a major regional event.

==Administration==
As a commune, Chanco 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 2008-2012 alcalde is Viviana Díaz Mesa ([[National Renewal (Chile)|RN]]).The municipal council has the following members:<ref name="Munitel"/><ref name="Official"/>
* Gerassimo Moulas Vargas ([[Independent Democratic Union|UDI]])
* Marcelo Waddington Guajardo ([[Social Democrat Radical Party|PRSD]])
* Juan Díaz Mesa ([[National Renewal (Chile)|RN]])
* Mario Quiñones Cortés ([[Christian Democratic Party|PDC]])
* Javier Cancino Ibáñez ([[National Renewal (Chile)|RN]])
* Hernán Muñoz Minchel ([[National Renewal (Chile)|RN]])

Within the [[electoral divisions of Chile]], Chanco is represented in the [[Chamber of Deputies of Chile|Chamber of Deputies]] by Guillermo Ceroni ([[Party for Democracy (Chile)|PPD]]) and Ignacio Urrutia ([[Independent Democratic Union|UDI]]) as part of the 40th electoral district, together with [[Longaví]], [[Retiro, Chile|Retiro]], [[Parral, Chile|Parral]], [[Cauquenes]] and [[Pelluhue]]. The commune is represented in the [[Senate of Chile|Senate]] by [[Hernán Larraín]] (UDI) and Ximena Rincón González ([[Christian Democratic Party|PDC]]) as part of the 11th senatorial constituency (Maule-South).

==References==
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==External links==
* {{in lang|es}} [http://www.chanco.cl/ Municipality of Chanco]
*[https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Chanco,+Maule+Chile&ie=UTF8&t=k&om=1 Aerial view of Chanco (1), Google Maps]
*[https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Chanco,+Maule+Chile&ie=UTF8&t=k&om=1&ll=-35.734268,-72.533412&spn=0.008604,0.018282 Aerial view of Chanco (2), Google Maps]
*[https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Chanco,+Maule+Chile&ie=UTF8&om=1&z=15&ll=-35.781788,-72.546372&spn=0.018173,0.036693&t=k Large dunes between Chanco and Pelluhue]
*[http://www.turismochile.com/guia/323/ Tourist information]

{{Cities_in the_Maule_Region}}
{{Communes in Maule Region}}

[[Category:Populated places in Cauquenes Province]]
[[Category:Communes of Chile]]

Chanco, Chile - Revision history

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