Río Ibáñez, Chile

Río Ibáñez
Río Ibáñez
	Commune
	Puerto Ingeniero Ibáñez at the General Carrera Lake
	; Coat of arms
	; Map of the Río Ibáñez commune in Aisén Region
	Coordinates: 46°18′S71°56′W / 46.300°S 71.933°W Coordinates: 46°18′S71°56′W / 46.300°S 71.933°W
Country	Chile
Region	Aisén
Province	General Carrera
Seat	Puerto Ingeniero Ibáñez
Government [1] [2]
• Type	Municipality
• Alcalde	Luis Alarcón Escobar (UDI)
Area [3]
• Total	5,997.2 km2 (2,315.5 sq mi)
Elevation	218 m (715 ft)
Population (2012 Census) [3]
• Total	2,208
• Density	0.37/km2 (0.95/sq mi)
• Urban	0
• Rural	2,477
Sex [3]
• Men	1,357
• Women	1,120
Time zone	CLT [4] (UTC-4)
• Summer (DST)	CLST [5] (UTC-3)
Area code(s)	56 + 67
Climate	Csb
Website	Municipality of Río Ibáñez

Last updated February 19, 2019

Río Ibáñez is a commune in General Carrera Province, Aisén Region, Chile. It is named after Ibáñez River, a major tributary of General Carrera Lake.

A commune is the smallest administrative subdivision in Chile. It may contain cities, towns, villages, hamlets as well as rural areas. In highly populated areas, such as Santiago, Valparaíso and Concepción, a conurbation may be broken into several communes. In sparsely populated areas, conversely, a commune may cover a substantial rural area together with several settled areas which could range from hamlets to towns or cities.

General Carrera Province is one of four provinces of the southern Chilean region of Aisen (XI). Its capital city is Chile Chico.

Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a South American country occupying a long, narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far south. Chilean territory includes the Pacific islands of Juan Fernández, Salas y Gómez, Desventuradas, and Easter Island in Oceania. Chile also claims about 1,250,000 square kilometres (480,000 sq mi) of Antarctica, although all claims are suspended under the Antarctic Treaty.

Demographics

According to the 2002 census of the National Statistics Institute, Río Ibáñez spans an area of 5,997.2 km² (2,316 sq mi) and has 2,477 inhabitants (1,357 men and 1,120 women), making the commune an entirely rural area. The population fell by 10.6% (295 persons) between the 1992 and 2002 censuses.^[3]

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common censuses include agriculture, business, and traffic censuses. The United Nations defines the essential features of population and housing censuses as "individual enumeration, universality within a defined territory, simultaneity and defined periodicity", and recommends that population censuses be taken at least every 10 years. United Nations recommendations also cover census topics to be collected, official definitions, classifications and other useful information to co-ordinate international practice.

The National Statistics Institute of Chile is a state-run organization of the Government of Chile, created in the second half of the 19th century and tasked with performing a general census of population and housing, then collecting, producing and publishing official demographic statistics of people in Chile, in addition to other specific tasks entrusted to it by law.

In general, a rural area or countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities. The Health Resources and Services Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services defines the word rural as encompassing "...all population, housing, and territory not included within an urban area. Whatever is not urban is considered rural."

Administration

As a commune, Río Ibáñez 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 Luis Alarcón Escobar (UDI).^[1]^[2]

A municipal council is the local government of a municipality such as city councils and town councils.

Alcalde, or Alcalde ordinario, is the traditional Spanish municipal magistrate, who had both judicial and administrative functions. An alcalde was, in the absence of a corregidor, the presiding officer of the Castilian cabildo and judge of first instance of a town. Alcaldes were elected annually, without the right to reelection for two or three years, by the regidores of the municipal council. The office of the alcalde was signified by a staff of office, which they were to take with them when doing their business. A woman who holds the office is termed an Alcaldesa.

The Independent Democratic Union is a Chilean right-wing, conservative political party, founded in 1983. Its founder was the lawyer, politician and law professor Jaime Guzmán, a civilian who collaborated with Augusto Pinochet and a member of the Opus Dei. Guzmán was a senator from 1990 until his assassination on April 1, 1991.

Within the electoral divisions of Chile, Río Ibáñez is represented in the Chamber of Deputies by René Alinco (PDC) and David Sandoval (UDI) as part of the 59th electoral district, which includes the entire Aisén Region. The commune is represented in the Senate by Antonio Horvath Kiss (RN) and Patricio Walker Prieto (PDC) as part of the 18th senatorial constituency (Aisén Region).

Chile has two distinct electoral division systems:

The Honourable Chamber of Deputies of the Republic of Chile is the lower house of Chile's bicameral Congress. Its organisation and its powers and duties are defined in articles 42 to 59 of Chile's current constitution.

The Senate of the Republic of Chile is the upper house of Chile's bicameral National Congress, as established in the current Constitution of Chile.

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References

1 2 "Asociación Chilena de Municipalidades" (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 January 2011.
1 2 "Municipality of Río Ibáñez" (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 January 2011.
1 2 3 4 "National Statistics Institute" (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 January 2010.
↑ "Chile Time". WorldTimeZones.org. Archived from the original on 2010-07-13. Retrieved 2010-07-29.
↑ "Chile Summer Time". WorldTimeZones.org. Archived from the original on 2007-09-11. Retrieved 2010-07-29.

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[Munitel-1] 1 2 "Asociación Chilena de Municipalidades" (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 January 2011.

[Official-2] 1 2 "Municipality of Río Ibáñez" (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 January 2011.

[INE-3] 1 2 3 4 "National Statistics Institute" (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 January 2010.

[4] "Chile Time". WorldTimeZones.org. Archived from the original on 2010-07-13. Retrieved 2010-07-29.

[5] "Chile Summer Time". WorldTimeZones.org. Archived from the original on 2007-09-11. Retrieved 2010-07-29.

v t e Communes and municipalities in Aysén Region
Aysén	Guaitecas Aysén Cisnes
Capitán Prat	Cochrane O'Higgins Tortel
Coyhaique	Coyhaique Lago Verde
General Carrera	Chile Chico Río Ibáñez